阿姆河

1. • Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
2. • formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers

Character by character

• 阿(ā)prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
• 姆(mǔ)female tutor
• 河(hé)river