Araxes
/ˈær.ək.siːz/noun
A historical name for a river in the South Caucasus, now usually called the Aras or Araks.
Did you know?Araxes is an ancient Greek and Latin form of a river name in the Caucasus, and its etymology is obscure enough that even major reference works treat it as pre-Greek or otherwise non-Indo-European.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ἀράξης (Aráxēs)
“The name of a major river in the Caucasus region.”
Classical Latin
Latin
Araxes
“The Latinized form of the river name.”
Late Antiquity
Greek
Ἀράξης
“A continuing geographical name used in historical and literary sources.”
Modern English
English
Araxes
“A historical or literary name for the Aras River.”