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Oxus en · PROPN

Etymology

From Latin Ōxus, from Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos). Doublet of Vakhsh.

Meanings

1. (historical) Amu Darya (a major river in Central Asia)
   • By a happy coincidence, at around this time, reports began to reach him from Central Asia that rich deposits of gold were to be found there on the banks of the River Oxus […] 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 17:

Deriveds

Oxus Civilization