Huang He
See also: Huáng Hé
English
Alternative forms
- Huang Ho (Wade–Giles)
- Hwang Ho
- Hoamho (obsolete)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 黃河/黄河 (Huáng Hé, literally “Yellow River”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhwɑŋ hə/, /ˈhwæŋ hə/
Proper noun
Huang He
- Synonym of Yellow River: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- 1990, Michel Hoang, translated by Ingrid Cranfield, Genghis Khan, Saqi Books, →ISBN, page 20:
- Temüjin was about 66 years old. His hair and beard had long since turned white. He had come to lay siege to Ningxia (now called Yinchuan), the fortified capital of the Minyak empire of the Xixia, against whom he had been waging war for over a year, and he had retreated to the other side of the Yellow River (Huang He), not far from the Great Wall, on high ground, a place where he could find some refreshment, for he was already aware that it would not be long before he entered the realm of his brave ancestors.
Translations
the Yellow River, a river in China — see Yellow River
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huang He or Yellow River”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1322, column 2
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɑ̃ɡ e/, /waŋ e/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Proper noun
- Yellow River, Huang He (a river in northern China)
- Synonyms: fleuve Jaune, Houang-Ho
Portuguese
Spanish
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