Amu Darya

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Amu Darya

Alternative forms

• Amudarya
• Amu Dar'ya
• Amu-Darya

Etymology

From Persian آمودریا (Âmu-Daryâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːmuːˈdɑːrɪə/

Proper noun

Amu Darya

1. A major river in Central Asia flowing across the border of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan parallel to Syr Darya and into the Aral Sea. Known in classical times as Oxus.

Synonyms

• Amu River
• Jayhoun

Translations

river

• Arabic: جيحون m (jayḥūn, jīḥūn), أمو داريا f (ʾamū dāryā)
• Armenian: Ամուդարյա (Amudarya)
• Azeri: Ceyhun, Amudərya
• Belarusian: Амудар’я f (Amudar'já)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿姆河 (zh) (Āmǔ hé)

• Finnish: Amudarja
• Georgian: ამუდარია (amudaria)
• Greek: Ώξος m (Óxos), Αμού-Ντάρια (Amoú-Ntária)

  Ancient Greek: Ὦξος m (Ôksos)

• Hebrew: גּוֹזָן‎ (gozan)
• Hungarian: Amu-darja
• Japanese: アムダリヤ川 (Amudariya gawa), アム川 (Amu-gawa)
• Kazakh: Амудария (Amwdarïya), Әмудария (Ämwdarïya)

• Latin: Ōxus m
• Pashto: آمو (Āmū), جيحون (ps) (Jayḥūn)
• Persian: آمودریا (fa) (Âmudaryâ), آمو دریا (Âmu daryâ), جیحون (fa) (Jeyhun)
• Portuguese: Amu-Dária m
• Russian: Амударья f (Amudarʹjá), Аму-Дарья f (Amu-Darʹjá)
• Serbo-Croatian: Аму-Дарја f, Amu-Darja f
• Spanish: Amu Daria m, Amu Darya m, Amu-Daria m, Amu-Darya m
• Tajik: Омударё (Omudaryo)
• Tatar: Амудәрья (Amudär’ya)
• Turkish: Ceyhun (tr), Amuderya
• Turkmen: Amyderýa
• Ukrainian: Амудар’я f (Amudar'já)
• Uzbek: Amudaryo

See also

• Syr Darya