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Huang Ho

Huang Ho is the alternative form of Huang He.

Meaning of Huang He

Proper noun

Huang He

  1. Synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • Temüjin was about 66 years old. His hair and beard had long since turned white. He had come to lay siege to Ningxia (now called Yinchuan), the fortified capital of the Minyak empire of the Xixia, against whom he had been waging war for over a year, and he had retreated to the other side of the...1990, Michel Hoang, translated by Ingrid Cranfield, Genghis Khan, Saqi Books, →ISBN, page 20
    Synonyms:
    Yellow River

Origin of Huang Ho

From Mandarin 黃河/黄河 (Huáng Hé, literally “Yellow River”) Wade–Giles romanization: Huang² Ho².

Questions about Huang Ho

What is Huang Ho the alternative form of?
Huang Ho is the alternative form of Huang He.

Words near Huang Ho in the dictionary

  1. Huancavelica
  2. Huancayo
  3. Huancui
  4. Huang
  5. Huang He
  6. Huang Ho
  7. Huang'an
  8. Huang-an
  9. Huang-ch'i
  10. Huang-ch'uan
  11. huang-chiu

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