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Bahr

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the Arabic for "sea," with the diminutive bahira. Bahr also signifies a river, especially one with a large body of water, e.g. the Nile, and is sometimes used to designate the dry bed of a river.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bahr'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bahr.html. 1910.
 
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