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