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Dan River

/ˈdæn ˈɹɪvə(ɹ)/

Dan River proper noun: a river in North Carolina and Virginia, United States.

Proper noun (1)

Dan River

  1. A river in North Carolina and Virginia, United States.
    • [see title]1978, Frank Michael Boing, Net Primary Productivity of the Dan River Basin, North Carolina and Virginia
    • [see title]2009, Katherine K. Mull, Dan River Basin Association, An Insider's Guide to the Dan River in North Carolina and Virginia: 125 Miles of Nature and History : Canoeing, Kayaking, Fishing, Hiking, River...

Proper noun (2)

Dan River

  1. A river in Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, China; the longest tributary of the Han River.
    • Third, intensifying supervision over water sources for the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, of which approximately 70% of the water comes from the Han River and the Dan River. We have launched specialized campaigns in the two rivers and improved comprehensive management...2021 June 23, “Press conference on 'Shaanxi: Carrying forward Yan'an spirit, endeavoring to write new chapter of accelerated growth in new era'”, in State Council Information Office, archived from...

Proper noun (3)

Dan River

  1. A river in northern Israel; the largest headwater of the Jordan River.

Forms of Dan River

alternative formTan River

Origin of Dan River

Uncertain, possibly named after the biblical city of Dan.

Partial calque of Chinese 丹江 (Dān Jiāng, literally “red river”).

Derived from Hebrew דָּן (Dan).

Words formed from Dan River

Questions about Dan River

What does Dan River mean?
Dan River means a river in North Carolina and Virginia, United States.
What part of speech is Dan River?
Dan River is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dan River?
Dan River is pronounced /ˈdæn ˈɹɪvə(ɹ)/.

Words near Dan River in the dictionary

  1. dan buoys
  2. dan dan noodles
  3. dan day
  4. dan nguyet
  5. dan nhi
  6. Dan River
  7. dan tat
  8. dan tats
  9. dan tranh
  10. Dan Tucker
  11. Dan Tuckers

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