Yalu
Syllables: Ya·lu
Yalu proper noun: a river on the China-North Korea border.
Proper noun
Yalu
- A river on the China-North Korea border.
- [...]the Founder of that Family, who took the Name of Yuen, and who is known in Europe by the Name of Zing hi, or Zing his kan, but whom the Chineſe Hiſtory calls Tchin bi ſe, and Tai tſou, after he had conquer’d the King had thoughts of carrying the War into Corea: His General, called Leou co...[1739 [1735], P. Du Halde, “Geographical Obſervations on the Kingdom of Corea”, in The General History Of China, 2nd edition, volume IV, →OCLC, page 391
- The Tumen river separates Corea from Manchooria, except in the last few miles of its course, when it flows by Russian territory, the south-eastern corner of Siberia. The Yalu river also divides Corea from Manchooria.1895, Trumbull White, The War in the East Japan, China, and Corea, Philadelphia: P.W. Ziegler & Co., →OCLC, →OL, page 374
- Synonyms:
- Amnok, Amnok-gang
Yalu meaning in Hindi
Yalu in Hindi
- river
- यालू नदी yālū nadī
Examples of Yalu in a sentence
- More recently, work has been opened in a town on the Yalu River, about 500 miles by boat from Dairen.1935, A. W. Yocum, “From Dairen, Manchuria-Organized 1925”, in Annual of the Southern Baptist Convention, Memphis, TN, page 206:
- Soon after the start of the Russian-instigated North Korean invasion of South Korea in June 1950, Peiping sent 200,000 “volunteers” across the Yalu.1973 May 27, “Mao still embraces Stalin cult”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 20, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
- Positioned near the mouth of the Yalu River, Dandong is China’s largest border town, and much of North Korea’s trade with the world flows across its old bridges or through its deepwater port.2017 May 12, Jane Perlez, Yufan Huang, Paul Mozur, “How North Korea Managed to Defy Years of Sanctions”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...
Synonyms of Yalu
Forms of Yalu
| alternative form | Ya-lu |
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Origin of Yalu
Borrowed from Mandarin 鴨綠 /鸭绿, ellipsis of 鴨綠江 /鸭绿江 (Yālù Jiāng)..
Questions about Yalu
- What does Yalu mean?
- Yalu means a river on the China-North Korea border.
- What is Yalu in Hindi?
- Yalu in Hindi is यालू नदी (yālū nadī). See Yalu meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Yalu in a sentence?
- More recently, work has been opened in a town on the Yalu River, about 500 miles by boat from Dairen.
- What part of speech is Yalu?
- Yalu is a proper noun.
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