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Songhua

Syllables: Song·hua

Songhua proper noun: a river in Northeast China which is the longest tributary of the Amur.

Proper noun

the Songhua

  1. A river in Northeast China which is the longest tributary of the Amur.
    • The water quality of the Songhua River (Northeast China) was of concern, especially in the 1980s and early 1990s, and there were many studies carried out on this aspect. However, only one or several independent water quality indices were used to consider the effects of pollutants on the water...2003 April, Yu, S. et al., “Factor Analysis and Dynamics of Water Quality of the Songhua River, Northeast China”, in Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, volume 144, number 1, archived from the original...
    • The reports, including some from the official Xinhua news agency, suggested that officials here and in Jilin Province, where the disaster occurred 380 kilometers, or 235 miles, up the Songhua River, lied or told only part of the story until they had no choice but to admit the truth.[…]
    • "They were trying to lie and get by," said Qi Guangzhong, 64, as he walked along the Songhua River on Friday. "The government wanted to hide this."2005 November 25, Jim Yardley, “China tried to keep benzene spill secret”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2019, Asia Pacific
    Synonyms:
    Sungari, Xingal

Examples of Songhua in a sentence

  • The water quality of the Songhua River (Northeast China) was of concern, especially in the 1980s and early 1990s, and there were many studies carried out on this aspect.2003 April, Yu, S. et al., “Factor Analysis and Dynamics of Water Quality of the Songhua River, Northeast China”, in Water, Air, and Soil...
  • The study site of the Songhua River is located in the Heilongjiang Province on the territory of Northern China.May 2020, Zarykhta, V.V. et al., “Differential Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Soft Tissues of Three Bivalvian Species from the Songhua...

Synonyms of Songhua

Forms of Songhua

alternative formSung-hua

Origin of Songhua

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 松花 (sōnghuā) in 松花江 (Sōnghuā Jiāng).

Questions about Songhua

What does Songhua mean?
Songhua means a river in Northeast China which is the longest tributary of the Amur.
How do you use Songhua in a sentence?
The water quality of the Songhua River (Northeast China) was of concern, especially in the 1980s and early 1990s, and there were many studies carried out on this aspect.
What part of speech is Songhua?
Songhua is a proper noun.

Words near Songhua in the dictionary

  1. Songhai
  2. Songhai Empire
  3. Songhais
  4. Songhay
  5. Songhays
  6. Songhua
  7. songhuadan
  8. songier
  9. songiest
  10. songified
  11. songifies

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