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Jaghjagh River

Jaghjagh River

The Jaghjagh River (Arabic: نهر جقجقNahr Jaqjaq, نهر الجغجغNahr al-Jaghjagh, or Nahr al-Hirmas, Turkish: Çağ-çağ Deresi, Syriac: ܢܗܕܐ ܕܔܩܔܩNahro dJaqjaq, Kurdish: Çemê Nisêbînê or Cexcex) is a tributary of the Khabur River in Turkey and Syria.

The river was known to the ancient Greeks as the Mygdonius (Ancient Greek: Μυγδόνιος), and lent its name to the city of Antioch in Mygdonia.