阿姆河

ā mǔ hé

formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers

Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

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abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] etc

(old) female tutor

river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])