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Axios (other)
Axios commonly refers to: * Axios (river), a river that runs through Greece and North Macedonia * Axios (website), ''Axios'' (website), an American news and information website Axios may also refer to: Brands and enterprises * Axios, a brand of suspension products owned by Tenneco * Axios Systems, an IT management software vendor Geography * Axios, Thessaloniki, a Greek municipality named after the river in geographical Macedonia * Orontes River, a river in Syria, also called Axios or Axius in antiquity Religion * Axios (acclamation), ''Axios'' (acclamation), an expression used in the Orthodox church * Axios (organization), an Orthodox and Eastern Catholic LGBT organization See also *Axis (other) *Axius (other) *Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo *Vardar (other) {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axios (river)
The Vardar (; , , ) or Axios (, ) is the longest river in North Macedonia and a major river in Greece, where it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of the river is . Etymology The name ''Vardar'' for the river may have been derived from Thracian language, Thracian, although Dardani, Dardanian, Paeonian language, Paeonian, Ancient Macedonian language, Ancient Macedonian and Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek were also spoken in the lands drained by the river. The modern Vardar is thought to derive from an earlier *''Vardários'', which may ultimately derive from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *''(s)wordo-wori-'' "black water". The name ''Vardários'' (Βαρδάριος) was sometimes used by the Ancient Greeks in the 3rd century BC. The same name was widely used in the Byzantine era. Vardar/Vardarios may be a translation of (or otherwise have a similar meaning as) ''Axios'', which may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
