Amur

American  

[ah-moor, uh-moor] / ɑˈmʊər, ʌˈmur /

noun

1. a river in eastern Asia, forming most of the boundary between northern Manchuria and the southeastern part of the Russian Federation, flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. About 2,700 miles (4,350 km) long.

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Amur British  

/ əˈmʊə /

noun

1. Modern Chinese name: Heilong Jiang.  a river in NE Asia, rising in N Mongolia as the Argun and flowing southeast, then northeast to the Sea of Okhotsk: forms the boundary between Manchuria and Russia. Length: about 4350 km (2700 miles)

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Example Sentences

Other chapters, however, seem more peripheral, such as those that give blow-by-blow accounts of Russian-Qing diplomacy over the disputed Amur region far to the east of Mongolia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Amur tiger Bagai was booked into Marwell Zoo's in-house vets after keepers at the zoo near Winchester noticed he had tooth trouble.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024

A statue of an imperial Chinese general stands watch near Heihe, on the Chinese side of the Amur River marking the border with Russia.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Conservation technician Drew Goebel at Cincinnati City Parks said one example is the cemetery's beautiful Amur cork tree, a state-record tree.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

From here it follows this affluent to its junction with the Amur river, and the Amur river to its junction with the Usuri.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various