tigris river

English - Turkish

Definition of tigris river in English Turkish dictionary

dicle nehri

cimri

(isim) Dicle

Tarih kitapları Moğolların Bağdat'ı işgalinden sonra birçok kitabın Dicle Nehri'ne atıldığını ve bu yüzden nehrin renginin kitapların mürekkebiyle maviye döndüğünü yazıyor. - History books write that after the Mongol invasion of Baghdad, many books were thrown into the Tigris River and therefore the colour of the river turned blue with the ink of books.

Related Terms

The Tigris River

dicle nehri

Tarih kitapları Moğolların Bağdat'ı işgalinden sonra birçok kitabın Dicle Nehri'ne atıldığını ve bu yüzden nehrin renginin kitapların mürekkebiyle maviye döndüğünü yazıyor. - History books write that after the Mongol invasion of Baghdad, many books were thrown into the Tigris River and therefore the colour of the river turned blue with the ink of books.

English - English

Definition of tigris river in English English dictionary

Arabic Dijlah Turkish Dicle biblical Hiddekel River, Turkey and Iraq. It originates in the Taurus Mountains at Lake Hazar and flows 1,180 mi (1,900 km) southeast through Turkey and past Baghdad to unite with the Euphrates River at Al-Qurnah in southeastern Iraq; there it forms the Shatt al-Arab. With the Euphrates it defined the ancient region of Mesopotamia. Important for its irrigation capacity, it gave rise to sustained civilization. The ruins of many ancient cities lie on its banks, including those of Nineveh, Calah, Ashur, Ctesiphon, and Seleucia

Tigris: an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River

Hyphenation

Ti·gris ri·ver

Turkish pronunciation

taygrıs rîvır

Pronunciation

/ˈtīgrəs ˈrəvər/ /ˈtaɪɡrəs ˈrɪvɜr/