Transoxiana - (Arabic: ما وراء النهر (Ma Wara' un-Nahr); Turkish: Maveraünnehir; Russian: Трансоксиана / Трансоксания / Мавераннахр; English: Transoxiana / Transoxania; Farsi: فرارود (Farārud))
A historic region between Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers. Most of it is in Uzbekistan.