Definition of Kura River

1. Noun. A river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea.

Exact synonyms: Kura
Group relationships: Asia
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kura River

Kung Fu
Kung futzu
Kunlun
Kunlun Mountains
Kunming
Kuntscher
Kuntscher nail
Kununurra
Kuomintang
Kuopio
Kupffer
Kupffer's cell
Kuppfer cell
Kur
Kura
Kura River (current term)
Kurd
Kurdestan
Kurdish
Kurdishness
Kurdistan
Kurdistan Autonomous Oblast
Kurdistan Labor Pary
Kurdistan Workers Party
Kurdistani
Kurdistanis
Kurdophone
Kurdophones
Kurds
Kurgan

Literary usage of Kura River

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Siberia and Central Asia by John Wesley Bookwalter (1899)
"XVI The Caucasus—Its locality and extent—The Kura River—The Rion River—Area ... Running through its centre eastward, is the Kura River, having its source in ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"The next on the Kura river, 2500 feet aneroid. Both these are clear mountain streams of cold water. After crossing the Tana, it was noticed that baobab ..."

3. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1920)
"... kroi'tsou Kronenberg, kro'iK'n-hSr Kudl, Bl (or Jerusalem^ Kur (or Kura, river), koor- koo'ra Kurisches Had, ..."

4. Mineral Resources of Georgia and Caucasia: Manganese Industry of Georgia by David Ghambashidze (1919)
"... and eastward to the sources of the Kura River. The central portion is formed of granite, which crops out near the town of Artvin, and which lower down ..."

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