Han River

Han River proper noun: a major river in South Korea that flows through Seoul.

Proper noun (1)

the Han River

the Han River

A tributary of the Yangtse flowing through Shaanxi and Hubei, China, with its river mouth in Wuhan.
- In the one case, a two-storeyed house in Wuchang which has long been needing repairs collapsed and killed the mother and son of the occupier. In the other case, a house built partly on piles at the edge of the Han River above Chiaokou was overturned and the wife and daughter of the tenant were...1930 August 5 [1930 August 1], “Hailstone Damage Near Hankow”, in The North-China Herald and Supreme Court and Consular Gazette, volume CLXXVI, number 3287, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 199, column 5
- Here, more than 14 million people in Hubei would be affected if the project damaged the Han River, the tributary of the Yangtze where the middle route starts, said Du Yun, a geographer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, the provincial capital.2011 June 1, Edward Wong, “Plan for China’s Water Crisis Spurs Concern”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

the Han River

Partial calque of Korean 한강(漢江) (han'gang). From 한— (han-, “big”) and 강 (江, gang, “river”).

Partial calque of Chinese 漢江 /汉江 (Hànjiāng).

What does Han River mean?: Han River means a major river in South Korea that flows through Seoul.
What is Han River in Vietnamese?: Han River in Vietnamese is sông Hàn. See Han River meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Han River?: Han River is a proper noun.

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