Yufretis

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English Euphrates.

Proper noun

Yufretis

1. Euphrates river
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:14:

     Nem bilong namba 3 wara em Taigris na em i ran i go long hap sankamap bilong kantri Asiria. Na nem bilong namba 4 wara em Yufretis.

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