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Yangtze Kiang

Yangtze Kiang is the alternative form of Yangtze.

Meaning of Yangtze

Proper noun

Yangtze

  1. The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.
    • That Riuer of Nanquin which I called (Yamſu or) Ianſu, the ſonne of the Sea, goeth Northward to Nanquin, and then returning ſomewhat Southward, runneth into the Sea with great force; fortie myles from which it paſſeth by Nanquin. And that from hence to Pequin there might bee paſſage by Riuers, the...1625, [Samuel] Purchas, “A Generall Collection and Historical Representation of the Iesuites Entrance into Iapon and China, vntill Their Admission in the Royall Citie of Nanquin”, in Purchas His...

Origin of Yangtze Kiang

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing Mandarin pronunciation of 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng) before the palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

Questions about Yangtze Kiang

What is Yangtze Kiang the alternative form of?
Yangtze Kiang is the alternative form of Yangtze.

Words near Yangtze Kiang in the dictionary

  1. Yangtze
  2. Yangtze dolphin
  3. Yangtze dolphins
  4. Yangtze giant softshell turtle
  5. Yangtze giant softshell turtles
  6. Yangtze Kiang
  7. Yangtze River dolphin
  8. Yangtze River dolphins
  9. Yangtzean
  10. Yangtzi
  11. Yanguan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yangtze Kiang (page history and authors); Yangtze (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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