Euphrates (disambiguation)
Euphrates may refer to:
Euphrates River, part of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia
Euphrates may also refer to:
Places
- Augusta Euphratensis, a Roman province in Greater Syria, part of the late Roman Diocese of the East
People
- Euphrates the Stoic (c. 35–118 AD), Stoic philosopher from Tyre, in the Roman province of Syria
Biology and botany
- Euphrates jerboa (Allactaga euphratica), a rodent of the family Dipodidae and genus Allactaga
- Euphrates softshell turtle (Rafetus euphraticus), a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae
Ships
- Euphrates-class troopship, a five-ship class of iron screw troopships built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s
Other uses
- Euphrates College, a coeducational high school in Harput (today Elazığ), eastern Turkey
- Euphrates Volcano, a joint operations room established during the Syrian Civil War
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