Definition of Tigris river

1. Noun. An Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River.

Exact synonyms: Tigris
Group relationships: Al-iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic Of Iraq, Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic Of Turkey, Turkey
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tigris River

Tierce de Picardie
Tierfell naevus
Tierra del Fuego
Tiffany
Tifinagh
Tiflis
Tigers
Tigger
Tiggers
Tigre
Tigrigna
Tigrinya
Tigris
Tigris River
Tijuana
Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Tikrit
Tilapia nilotica
Tilda
Tilden
Tilia
Tilia americana
Tilia cordata
Tilia heterophylla
Tilia japonica
Tilia tomentosa
Tiliaceae
Tiliomycetes

Literary usage of Tigris river

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

1. Geographical and Industrial Studies; Asia by Nellie Burnham Allen (1916)
"THE GOOFFA is A VERY COMMON BOAT ON THE tigris river Anywhere in the Orient a crowd of people is a kaleidoscope of color, and that gathered at the wharf in ..."

2. Through Asiatic Turkey: Narrative of a Journey from Bombay to the Bosphorus by Grattan Geary (1878)
"An ex-king of Oude—A nobleman's house in Baghdad—An Oriental entertainment—Crossing the Tigris—River view of the city—The route to ..."

3. World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men by Allen Leon Churchill (1919)
"A Turkish army came down the Shat-el-Hai—an ancient canal or waterway connecting the tigris river at Kut-el- Amara with the Euphrates at ..."

4. King's Complete History of the World War ...: 1914-1918. Europe's War with by William C. King (1922)
"Houghton FROM his base at Amara, on the tigris river, Gen. Townshend planned an advance on Bagdad by way of Kut-el-Amara. The small British Army, ..."

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