Salween
Salween proper noun: a 2,815-kilometre-long river flowing from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea, through China, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.
Proper noun
the Salween
- A 2,815-kilometre-long river flowing from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea, through China, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.
- Outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao, a geologist by trade and populist by instinct, vetoed the dams in Yunnan province on the UNESCO-protected Nu River, known outside China as the Salween, in 2005, after an outcry from environmentalists.2013 March 7, Ben Blanchard, “About 60,000 could lose homes for controversial China dams”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2016
- Three great rivers rush through parallel canyons in the mountains of southwest China on their way to the coastal plains of Asia. At least 10 dams have been built on two of them, the Mekong and the Yangtze. The third remains wild: the remote, raging Nu, known as the Salween in Myanmar, where it...2016 June 18, Edward Wong, “China’s Last Wild River Carries Conflicting Environmental Hopes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2016, Asia Pacific
- Synonyms:
- Nujiang
Salween meaning in Thai and Myanmar
Salween in Thai
- river
- แม่น้ำสาละวิน
Salween in Myanmar
- river
- သံလွင်မြစ် samlwangmrac
Examples of Salween in a sentence
- The third remains wild: the remote, raging Nu, known as the Salween in Myanmar, where it empties into the Andaman Sea.2016 June 18, Edward Wong, “China’s Last Wild River Carries Conflicting Environmental Hopes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- About 2,500 people, including 200 students, have crossed the Salween River into northern Thailand's Mae Hong Son province, according to the Free Burma Rangers.2021 March 29, “Myanmar: Thousands take to streets as others flee”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2021, News:
Synonyms of Salween
Forms of Salween
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Origin of Salween
Borrowed from Burmese သံလွင် (samlwang).
Questions about Salween
- What does Salween mean?
- Salween means a 2,815-kilometre-long river flowing from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea, through China, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.
- What is Salween in Thai?
- Salween in Thai is แม่น้ำสาละวิน. See Salween meaning in Thai.
- How do you use Salween in a sentence?
- The third remains wild: the remote, raging Nu, known as the Salween in Myanmar, where it empties into the Andaman Sea.
- What part of speech is Salween?
- Salween is a proper noun.
Words near Salween in the dictionary
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