Look up: Merv

1. Merv
   Oasis in Turkmenistan, a centre of civilization from at least 1200 BC, and site of a town founded by Alexander the Great. Old Merv was destroyed by the emir...
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2. Merv
   ancient city of Central Asia lying near the modern town of Mary, Mary oblast (province), Turkmenistan. Mentioned in ancient Persian texts as Mouru ... [6 related articles]
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3. Merv
   Merv is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Famous` Where is it used? The name Merv is mainly used In English.It is an abbreviated form of Mervyn, used In Welsh.How do they say it elsewhere? Marv In ( In English) See also In Welsh: Mervin In Welsh: Merfyn From Old English. The name Mer...
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4. Merv
   Merv (myerf) , ancient city, in Turkmenistan, in a large oasis of the Kara Kum desert, on the Murgab River. The city, known in antiquity as Margiana, or Antiochia Margiana, was founded in the 3d cent. B.C. on the site of an earlier settlement. Its periods of greatness were from A.D. 651 to 821, when...
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5. Merv
   Oasis in Turkmenistan, a centre of civilization from at least 1200 BC, and site of a town founded by Alexander the Great. Old Merv was destroyed by the emir of Bokhara in 1787, and the modern town of Mary, founded by the Russians in 1885, lies 29 km/18 mi to its west
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6. Merv
   `Merv` (, from Persian: مرو, Marv, sometimes transliterated Marw or c=木鹿-->, Mulu), formerly Achaemenid Satrapy of Margiana, and later `Αντιόχεια της Μαργιανής-->), was a major oasis-city...
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