Jayhoun

English

Etymology

From Arabic جَيْحُون‎ (jayḥūn, “Amu Darya; Gihon”) and جِيحُون‎ (jīḥūn, “(same)”), from Biblical Hebrew גִּיחוֹן‎ (Giḥôn). Doublet of Gihon.

Proper noun

Jayhoun

  1. The Amu Darya river.
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