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Jayhoun

name

Meaning

  1. The Amu Darya river.

Etymology / origin

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

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