Tigris

[ tahy-gris ]

/ ˈtaɪ grɪs /

noun

a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for tigris

You stand on an unsteady pontoon bridge spanning the Tigris River in a township called Adh Dhouloueya.

Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq |Nathan Bradley Bethea |August 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Bell died at her house by the Tigris in Baghdad in July 1926 at the age of 57.

Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq |Clive Irving |June 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We have not hatched a perfect democracy on the Tigris, and this we know.

Panetta's Freudian Slip |Fouad Ajami |July 12, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
It begins to rise a fortnight later than the Tigris, is longer in flood, and does not reach its lowest level until September.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 |Various

The river valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, and the valley of the Nile are wonderfully rich in historic material.

The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883 |The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
The youth, satisfied with the promise of the Caliph, went to the shores of the Tigris.

Fairy Tales From all Nations |Anthony R. Montalba
Perhaps the name of the Tigris was given in some one of the lines.

Sumerian Hymns |Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh
We also thought of water hyacinth in the Tigris and Euphrates.

A Prisoner in Turkey |John Still

British Dictionary definitions for tigris

Tigris

/ (ˈtaɪɡrɪs) /

noun

a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing southeast through Baghdad to the Euphrates in SE Iraq, forming the delta of the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows into the Persian Gulf: part of a canal and irrigation system as early as 2400 bc, with many ancient cities (including Nineveh) on its banks. Length: 1900 km (1180 miles)

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