1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Bahr
BAHR, 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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BAHR, 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.