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Carchemish meaning

An ancient city on the Euphrates river in Mesopotamia, on the border between modern Turkey and Syria.

Using Carchemish

  • The main meaning on this page is: An ancient city on the Euphrates river in Mesopotamia, on the border between modern Turkey and Syria.
  • In the example corpus, carchemish often appears in combinations such as: at carchemish, carchemish in.

Context around Carchemish

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Carchemish

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

babylonians at carchemish in 605 1× defeated at carchemish in aramea 1× returned to carchemish and the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the defeat 1× necho ii and 1× when the main 1×

Common sentence endings:

eight day siege 1× ii of babylon 1× in 605 bc 1×

Words around Carchemish

Just before it in the word index:

carcharodon 3 carcharias 3 carcharhinus 2 carcere 3 carceral 16 carcassonne 14

Just after it in the word index:

carcich 2 carcieri 2 carcinogen 44 carcinogenesis 3 carcinogenic 79 carcinogenicity 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Carchemish

  • In this selection, "carchemish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include babylonians at carchemish in 605 and defeated at carchemish in aramea. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "carchemish" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with carchemish

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Necho II and Ashur-uballit II of Assyria were finally defeated at Carchemish in Aramea (modern Syria ) in 605 BC. (20 words)

After the defeat of Pharaoh Necho's army by the Babylonians at Carchemish in 605 BCE, Jehoiakim began paying tribute to Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. (25 words)

When the main objective of the campaign had been fulfilled, the Hittite army returned to Carchemish and the city fell after an eight-day siege. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

After the defeat of Pharaoh Necho's army by the Babylonians at Carchemish in 605 BCE, Jehoiakim began paying tribute to Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. (25 words)

When the main objective of the campaign had been fulfilled, the Hittite army returned to Carchemish and the city fell after an eight-day siege. (25 words)

Necho II and Ashur-uballit II of Assyria were finally defeated at Carchemish in Aramea (modern Syria ) in 605 BC. (20 words)

Example sentences (3)

After the defeat of Pharaoh Necho's army by the Babylonians at Carchemish in 605 BCE, Jehoiakim began paying tribute to Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon.

Necho II and Ashur-uballit II of Assyria were finally defeated at Carchemish in Aramea (modern Syria ) in 605 BC.

When the main objective of the campaign had been fulfilled, the Hittite army returned to Carchemish and the city fell after an eight-day siege.

Common combinations with carchemish

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • at carchemish 2×
  • carchemish in 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "carchemish" in a sentence?
An example: "After the defeat of Pharaoh Necho's army by the Babylonians at Carchemish in 605 BCE, Jehoiakim began paying tribute to Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "carchemish" from authentic English texts.
What does "carchemish" mean?
Carchemish means: An ancient city on the Euphrates river in Mesopotamia, on the border between modern Turkey and Syria.
How many example sentences with "carchemish" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "carchemish", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.