Naarmalcha

Naarmalcha (Grecized form of the AramaicNahar Malkā, meaning the King's Canal or the Royal Canal; in Arabic: نهر الملكNahr al-Malik) was a river or canal in central Babylonia that linked Euphrates and Tigris rivers. It corresponds to the older Royal River (Akkadian: nār šarri; Ancient Greek: ΝααρσάρηςNaarsárēs; Latin: Marses) in the Assyriological sources.