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Red River

Red River proper noun: various rivers around the world.

Proper noun (1)

Red River

  1. Various rivers around the world

Proper noun (2)

Red River

  1. A river in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, southern China.
    • They have also identified the fault in the earth's crust along which this motion took place. It is a belt of severely altered rocks more than 600 miles long, from Tibet to the Gulf of Tonkin. The Red River, which flows from China across Vietnam into the gulf, follows this zone.1990 February 20, “SCIENCE WATCH; How Indochina Moved”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015, Section C, page 13
    • Thanks to the Red River, the principal watercourse that disgorges into the gulf, the coastal region has long enjoyed a navigable connection to the foothills of the gulf's mountainous hinterland (modern Laos, northern Vietnam, and Yunnan) and to the peoples of the region and the valuable local...2011, Li Tana, “The Tongking Gulf Through History: A Geopolitical Overview”, in Nola Cooke, Li Tana, James A. Anderson, editors, The Tongking Gulf Through History, Philadelphia: University of...
    Synonyms:
    Hong He, Yuan River, Yuan Jiang, Yuan Shui, Song Hong

Red River meaning in Vietnamese

Red River in Vietnamese

the Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
Sông Hồng

Synonyms of Red River

  • Hong He
  • Yuan River
  • Yuan Jiang
  • Yuan Shui
  • Song Hong

Origin of Red River

From their appearance, usually owing to the color of the silt in their waters.

Words formed from Red River

Questions about Red River

What does Red River mean?
Red River means various rivers around the world.
What is Red River in Vietnamese?
Red River in Vietnamese is Sông Hồng. See Red River meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Red River?
Red River is a proper noun.

Words near Red River in the dictionary

  1. red ring skirts
  2. red ringed
  3. red ringing
  4. red rings
  5. red rings of death
  6. Red River
  7. Red River County
  8. Red River giant softshell turtle
  9. Red River giant softshell turtles
  10. Red River Gorge
  11. red river hog

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