Orontes

Etymology 1
From, from , from and also in  attested at least from the period of : . More at Orontes.
 * The meaning of which is contested with connections to:, perhaps in connection to the region around the city of , the ruins today being known as.
 * Also connected to, possibly related to the modern name for the river so-called for its flowing south to the north unlike the rest of the rivers in the region.
 * Disputably from ; compare 🇨🇬.

Proper noun



 * , about 400 km (250 mi) long, flowing from Lebanon through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.

Synonyms

 * Asi

Derived terms

 * Orontian

Translations

 * Arabic: الْعَاصِي
 * Armenian: Որոնտես
 * Azerbaijani: Asi
 * Finnish: Orontes
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Ὀρόντης
 * Italian: Oronte
 * Latin: Orontēs
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish: Asi

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from , ; see 🇨🇬 for more.

Proper noun

 * 1) The name of any one of a number of ancient Armenian kings.

Derived terms

 * Orontid

Translations

 * Armenian: Երվանդ
 * Old Armenian: Երուանդ
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Ὀρόντης
 * Latin: Orontēs
 * Persian:
 * Russian: Ерванд

Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1) the