Euphrates

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM	Mike C	update #94
1/25/2013, 11:59 PM	Mike C	added

Type River

Usage English, Ancient Roman, Ancient Greek

Scripts Εὐφράτης(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

From Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrates), the name of a river in Mesopotamia. It is derived from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (Ufratu), itself from Elamite or Sumerian, of uncertain meaning.