Definitions
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- proper noun a province of the
Achaemenid Empire , in what is now southwestern Afghanistan
Etymologies
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Examples
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As he had already come so far off his original path, he decided to move against Bessus from the south, through the lands of Drangiana and Arachosia.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Assuming they were making a short trip straight to Bactria, Alexander had then instead led his men south into the highlands of Aria and onward to the borders of Drangiana.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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They cut off Persia, Aria, and Drangiana from Bactria to the north and the valley of the Indus River to the east.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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They cut off Persia, Aria, and Drangiana from Bactria to the north and the valley of the Indus River to the east.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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As he had already come so far off his original path, he decided to move against Bessus from the south, through the lands of Drangiana and Arachosia.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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They cut off Persia, Aria, and Drangiana from Bactria to the north and the valley of the Indus River to the east.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Assuming they were making a short trip straight to Bactria, Alexander had then instead led his men south into the highlands of Aria and onward to the borders of Drangiana.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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As he had already come so far off his original path, he decided to move against Bessus from the south, through the lands of Drangiana and Arachosia.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Assuming they were making a short trip straight to Bactria, Alexander had then instead led his men south into the highlands of Aria and onward to the borders of Drangiana.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Flanked by its guard of armed Bactrian and Persian eunuchs, Roxane's wagon followed the march, as it had followed from Bactria to India, to Drangiana, to Susa, to Persepolis, to Babylon.
Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981
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