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Sungari

Sungari proper noun: synonym of Songhua.

Proper noun

the Sungari

  1. (dated) Synonym of Songhua.
    • The eastern section from Vladivostock—which crosses the Manchurian frontier at San-Ch'a-kou and will pass a few miles to the north of Ninguta, go westward to Yi-mien-p'o, and northwest to A-shih-ho, leaving that town on its left—will join the southern section on the south bank of the Sungari. The...1900, Consular Reports: Commerce, Manufactures, Etc., volume 62, Government Printing Office, page 410
    • From Ha-êrh-pin north-east to Hulan, Tsitsihar, and Stretensk two serious difficulties have to be overcome. The first is the bridging of the Sungari, which, owing to its extended breadth in summer, will require a bridge some 2,800 feet in length. The second is the passage of the Hsing-an range...1900 March [1899 May 8], Alex Hosie, “Consul Hosie to Mr. Bax-Ironside”, in Further Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of China, number 195, London: Harrison and Sons, →OCLC, page 154
    Synonyms:
    Songhua

Examples of Sungari in a sentence

  • The first is the bridging of the Sungari, which, owing to its extended breadth in summer, will require a bridge some 2,800 feet in length.1900 March [1899 May 8], Alex Hosie, “Consul Hosie to Mr. Bax-Ironside”, in Further Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of China, number...
  • It is drained by the Liao and Sungari rivers.1933, H. Foster Bain, Ores and Industry in the Far East: The Influence of Key Mineral Resources on the Development of Oriental...
  • Beyond a tall gateway of horseshoe-shaped ice blocks on the high road, the Sungari River turns into a huge playground.1989 December 24, Moana Tregaskis, “Crystalline Ice Fantasies In Frozen Manchuria”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
  • After their defeat in 1234, they had retreated northward to the Sungari River region, but by the late Ming they were once more pressing on the borders of China and Korea.1990, Jonathan D. Spence, The Search for Modern China, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 26:

Synonyms of Sungari

Origin of Sungari

Borrowed from Manchu ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ (sunggari) in ᠰᡠᠩᡤᠠᡵᡳ ᡠᠯᠠ (sunggari ula), probably through Russian Сунгари (Sungari).

Questions about Sungari

What does Sungari mean?
Sungari means synonym of Songhua.
How do you use Sungari in a sentence?
The first is the bridging of the Sungari, which, owing to its extended breadth in summer, will require a bridge some 2,800 feet in length.
What part of speech is Sungari?
Sungari is a proper noun.

Words near Sungari in the dictionary

  1. sunga
  2. sungah
  3. sungahs
  4. Sungai Penuh
  5. sungar
  6. Sungari
  7. sungars
  8. sungas
  9. sungazer
  10. sungazers
  11. sungazing

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