Bactra
ancient name of balkh.
an ancient country in w asia, between the oxus river and the hindu kush mountains.
capital: bactra.
historical examples
but we ask how they could exist here at all, supposing even bactra to be beyond the limits of the habitable globe.
the geography of strabo, volume i (of 3) strabo
he died on february 21, 1879, hard by the city of bactra, the modern balkh.
the development of the european nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) john holland rose
noun
an ancient country of sw asia, between the hindu kush mountains and the oxus river: forms the present balkh region in n afghanistan
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