Transoxiana

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Transoxiana, from trans (“beyond”) + Oxus (“Amu Darya”), literally “lands beyond Oxus”, ultimately after Arabic مَا وَراءَ النَّهْر (mā warāʔa n-nahr, literally “what is beyond the river”). === Proper noun === Transoxiana (historical) An ancient portion of Central Asia, the region between the Amu Darya (Classical Oxus) and Syr Darya rivers, corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and southwest Kazakhstan. ==== Synonyms ==== (region between Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers): Transoxania, Sogdiana ==== Derived terms ==== Transoxianan ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Compound of trāns- +‎ Ōxus +‎ -iānus, thus meaning "the region beyond the Oxus (now Syrdarya) river". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [trãːs.oːk.siˈaː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [trans.ok.siˈaː.na] === Proper noun === Trānsōxiāna f sg (genitive Trānsōxiānae); first declension (New Latin) Transoxiana (a historical region in Central Asia) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Transoxiana f (historical) Transoxiana (a historical region in Central Asia)