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transtigritane

transtigritane adjective: located beyond the river Tigris.

Adjective

transtigritane (not comparable)

  1. located beyond the river Tigris
    • Armenia was placed under Roman protection, Rome arrogated to herself the right to appoint the king of Iberia and to control a number of dependent territories between the Tigris and Armenia, thus effectively acquiring a zone of influence which stretched deep into the transtigritane area.2005, The Cambridge Ancient History, The Crisis, volume 12, page 83

Origin of transtigritane

From Latin Trānstigrītānus, from trans + Tigris + -anus.

Questions about transtigritane

What does transtigritane mean?
Transtigritane means located beyond the river Tigris.
What part of speech is transtigritane?
Transtigritane is an adjective.

Words near transtigritane in the dictionary

  1. transthylakoidal
  2. transthyretin
  3. transthyretins
  4. Transtiberine
  5. transtibial
  6. transtigritane
  7. transtilla
  8. transtillae
  9. transtillar
  10. transtime
  11. transtimed

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