Transoxiana
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English
Etymology
From Latin Transoxiana, from trans (“beyond”) + Oxus (“Amu Darya”), literally “lands beyond Oxus”, ultimately after Arabic مَا وَراءَ النَّهْر (mā warāʔa n-nahr, literally “what is beyond the river”).
Proper noun
Transoxiana
- (historical) An ancient portion of Central Asia, the region between the Amu Darya (Classical Oxus) and Syr Darya rivers, corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and southwest Kazakhstan.
- 1990, James D. Tracy, editor, The Rise of Merchant Empires, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 358:
- The success of this trade depended upon the security of four areas- the oases south of the T'ien Shan mountains in the area known as Uyghuristan, the towns of Transoxiana, the cities of Persia, and the commercial centers of Turkey.
Synonyms
- (region between Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers): Transoxania, Sogdiana
Derived terms
Translations
ancient portion of Central Asia
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Transoxiana f
- (historical) Transoxiana (a historical region in Central Asia)