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Pearl River

Pearl River proper noun: a major river in southern China.

Proper noun (1)

the Pearl River

  1. A major river in southern China.
    • Pirates have of late become so bold and murderous in their attacks upon the small sailing craft found in the delta of the Pearl river, and the islands interjacent, as to arouse the Chinese government to take strong measures to suppress and disperse them.1843 January, “Journal of Occurrences : dispatches from Kiying : arrival of I'lipu ; shipwrecked Japanese”, in The Chinese Repository, volume XII, number 1, Canton, page 56
    • The task of directing thousands of pushcarts and tiny handicraft shops and millions of tiny farms and of controlling the flow of crucial supplies created headaches for officials everywhere and the Pearl River Delta area was justly famous for the flowering of tiny enterprises.1969, Ezra Vogel, Canton under Communism: Programs and Politics in a Provincial Capital 1949-1968, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 132

Proper noun (2)

Pearl River

  1. A river in Mississippi and Louisiana.
  2. A town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
  3. A census-designated place in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
  4. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York.

Pearl River meaning in Hindi and Vietnamese

Pearl River in Hindi

river in China
मोती नदी motī nadī

Pearl River in Vietnamese

river in China
Châu Giang

Synonyms of Pearl River

Origin of Pearl River

Calque of Chinese 珠江 (Zhū Jiāng, literally “pearl river”)

Words formed from Pearl River

Questions about Pearl River

What does Pearl River mean?
Pearl River means a major river in southern China.
What is Pearl River in Hindi?
Pearl River in Hindi is मोती नदी (motī nadī). See Pearl River meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Pearl River?
Pearl River is a proper noun.

Words near Pearl River in the dictionary

  1. pearl oyster
  2. pearl oysters
  3. pearl powder
  4. pearl powders
  5. pearl rice
  6. Pearl River
  7. Pearl River County
  8. pearl shell
  9. pearl shells
  10. pearl sinter
  11. pearl spar

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