阿姆河 (Ā mǔ Hé) — Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

What does 阿姆河 mean?

阿姆河 (Ā mǔ Hé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

2formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers

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阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity · (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] "Afghanistan"姆mused in 姆媽|姆妈[m1 ma1]河hériver (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]) · (bound form) the Yellow River

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阿姆河

Ā mǔ Hé

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