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Meaning of Alazon | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[aˈɫaːz.zoːn]

Definitions

the Alazani or Qanıx (a river in Caucasian Albania)

declension-3

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca Qanıx
Deutsch Alasani
English Alazani
Հայերեն Ալազան
ქართული ალაზანი

Examples

“nec procul albentes gemina ferit aclyde parmas, // hiberni qui terga Novae gelidumque securi // eruit et tota non audit Alazona ripa.”
“Planitiem omnem a Cyro usque Albanorum gens tenet, mox Hiberum discreta ab his amne Alazone in Cyrum Caucasis montibus defluente.”

All the plain from the Kur onward is occupied by the race of the Albani and then that of the Hiberes, separated from the Albani by the river Alazon, which flows down from Mount Caucasus into the Cyrus. ― translation from the same source, page 359

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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