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Etymology
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From Persian آمودریا (âmu-daryâ). Second component is Persian دریا (daryâ, “sea”).
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Proper noun
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Amu Darya
- 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.
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river
- Arabic: جَيْحُون m (jayḥūn), جِيحُون m (jīḥūn), أَمُو دَارْيَا f (ʔamū dāryā), اوقسوس (oqsus)
- Armenian: Ամուդարյա (hy) (Amudarya)
- Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬑𐬴 (vaxṣ̌)
- Azerbaijani: Ceyhun, Amudərya
- Belarusian: Амудар’я́ f (Amudarʺjá)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 阿姆河 (zh) (Āmǔ hé)
- Czech: Amudarja (cs)
- Danish: Amu Darja
- Esperanto: Amudarjo
- Estonian: Amudarja
- Finnish: Amudarja, Amu-Darja
- Georgian: ამუდარია (amudaria)
- Greek: Ώξος (el) m (Óxos), Αμού-Ντάρια (Amoú-Ntária), Αμού Ντάρια m (Amoú Ntária)
- Ancient Greek: Ὦξος m (Ôxos)
- Hebrew: גּוֹזָן (gozan)
- Hindi: वंक्षु (hi) f (vaṅkṣu), वक्षु (hi) m (vakṣu), आमू दरिया f (āmū dariyā)
- Hungarian: Amu-darja (hu)
- Japanese: アムダリヤ川 (Amudariya gawa), アム川 (Amu-gawa)
- Kazakh: Әмудария (Ämudariä)
- Kyrgyz: Амударыя (Amudarıya)
- Latin: Ōxus m
- Pashto: آمو (Āmū), جيحون (ps) (Jayḥūn)
- Persian: آمودریا (fa) (âmudaryâ), آمو دریا (âmu daryâ), جیحون (fa) (jeyhun), وخش (fa) (vaxš)
- Polish: Amu-daria (pl) f
- Portuguese: Amu-Dária m
- Russian: Амударья́ (ru) f (Amudarʹjá), Аму-Дарья́ f (Amu-Darʹjá)
- Sanskrit: वङ्क्षु (sa) f (vaṅkṣu), वक्षु (sa) m (vakṣu)
- Serbo-Croatian: Аму-Дарја f, Amu-Darja (sh) 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’я́ f (Amudarʺjá)
- Uzbek: Amudaryo
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