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Huang He

American  
[hwahng ] / ˈʰwɑŋ ˈhœ /
(Older Spelling) Hwang Ho

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a river flowing from western China into the Bohai Gulf. 2,800 miles (4,510 km) long.


Huang He British  
/ ˈhwæŋ ˈhiː /

noun

  1. the modern transliteration of the Chinese name (formerly Huang Ho) for the Yellow River

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Large deltas, such as those of the Niger, Huang He and Mekong, have great socio-economic value.

From Nature Jan. 21, 2020

“We call it 18 Buddhas coming to Dongguan,” said Huang He, the head of Janus’s smart-factory business, alluding to the followers of the original Buddha.

From New York Times Jul. 4, 2018

Even before the Sumerians settled in southern Mesopotamia, early Chinese cultures were building farming settlements along the Huang He.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

Much of the land lies within the small plain between the Huang He and the Chang Jiang in eastern China.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

Much as historians of early Eurasia focus on the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He Valleys, historians of the Americas focus on Mesoamerica and the Andes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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