Euphrates, a river in West Asia, formed by the junction of two Armenian streams; flows SE. to Kurnah, where it is joined by the Tigris. The combined waters—named the Shat-el-Arab—flow into the Persian Gulf; is 1700 m. long, and navigable for 1100 m.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Euphemism * Euphrosyne