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Menderes , name of several rivers in Turkey. The Büyük Menderes is the ancient Maeander ; the Küçük Menderes is the ancient Scamander .

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Menderes (Büyük Menderes Nehri), Turkey Maeander A river called the Big Menderes River from büyük ‘big’ and nehri ‘river’. The Turkish menderes ‘meander’ describes its twisting lower course, the English word ‘meander’ coming from its classical name. Another river, the Küçük Menderes ‘Small Menderes’, was called the Scamander and in ancient times the Xanthus ‘Golden’ or ‘Red‐Yellow (River)’ from the Greek xanthos.

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