Tigris
pronunciation
How to pronounce Tigris in British English:
UK ['taɪɡrɪs]
How to pronounce Tigris in American English:
US ['taɪɡrɪs]
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- Noun:
- an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
Word Origin
- Tigris
- river in Turkey and Iraq, from an Iranian source akin to words for "arrow," probably in reference to the swiftness of its current. Compare Old Persian tigra- "sharp, pointed," Avestan tighri- "arrow."
Example
- 1. I was jogging along the trail on the banks of the tigris , heading south .
- 2. It aimed to improve agriculture and provide water and electricity to poor south-eastern villages around the tigris and euphrates rivers .
- 3. Not long ago corpses regularly floated down the tigris , but today the rowers enjoy the waters as they train for the upcoming london 2012 olympics games .
- 4. North of anl urfa the ground ripples into the first foothills of the mountains that run across southern turkey , source of the famous tigris and euphrates rivers .
- 5. Usually upstream countries dominate control of a river like the tigris and euphrates which are much reduced by the time they flow into iraq from turkey and syria .