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Mekong

/ˈmikɔŋ/US/ˈmikɔŋ/

Mekong proper noun: a river in Southeast Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Qinghai, Tibet, and Yunnan in China, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, into the South China Sea.

Proper noun

Mekong

  1. a river in Southeast Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Qinghai, Tibet, and Yunnan in China, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, into the South China Sea
    • The Mekong River’s lower basin is vast, encompassing parts of Myanmar and Thailand, virtually all of Laos and Cambodia and parts of southern Vietnam, where, after a 3,000-mile journey across five national borders, the mother of rivers divaricates into a complex delta network and drains into the...2018 March 28, Ben Mauk, “A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2018
    • The Mekong is one of the largest rivers in the world, beginning in China and flowing through Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. Nearly 70 million people in Asia are dependent on its waters for fishing or to irrigate their rice fields.2022 June 1, “Mekong River in jeopardy: Sand-pumping operations ravage ecosystem”, in France 24, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2022, Focus
    Synonyms:
    Mekong River

Mekong meaning in Thai, Vietnamese and Myanmar

Mekong in Thai

river in Asia
แม่น้ำโขง mɛ̂ɛ-náam-kǒong, แม่โขง mɛ̂ɛ-kǒong, โขง kǒong

Mekong in Vietnamese

river in Asia
sông Mê Kông, sông Cửu Long, sông Lớn

Mekong in Myanmar

river in Asia
မဲခေါင်မြစ် mai:hkaungmrac, မဲခေါင် mai:hkaung

Examples of Mekong in a sentence

  • On a map, it appears as a crooked blue finger extending from the Mekong near Phnom Penh.2018 March 28, Ben Mauk, “A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
  • There are huge rice paddies on the fertile banks on the Mekong; rice is the Laotians’ main staple, eaten three times a day here.2023 September 1, “On the Mekong Through Laos”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023, Nature and Environment:

Synonyms of Mekong

Origin of Mekong

c. 19th c., from Thai แม่โขง (mɛ̂ɛ-kǒong, literally “Mother river”), contracted form of แม่น้ำโขง (mɛ̂ɛ-náam-kǒong).

Phrases with Mekong

Questions about Mekong

What does Mekong mean?
Mekong means a river in Southeast Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Qinghai, Tibet, and Yunnan in China, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, into the South China Sea.
What is Mekong in Thai?
Mekong in Thai is แม่น้ำโขง (mɛ̂ɛ-náam-kǒong), แม่โขง (mɛ̂ɛ-kǒong), โขง (kǒong). See Mekong meaning in Thai.
How do you use Mekong in a sentence?
On a map, it appears as a crooked blue finger extending from the Mekong near Phnom Penh.
What part of speech is Mekong?
Mekong is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mekong?
Mekong is pronounced /ˈmikɔŋ/.

Words near Mekong in the dictionary

  1. Mekla
  2. Meknes
  3. mekometer
  4. mekometers
  5. Mekon
  6. Mekong
  7. Mekong Bobtail
  8. Mekong Bobtails
  9. Mekong River
  10. Mekonnen
  11. Mekonnens

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