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Huang He

American  
[hwahng hœ] / 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

Shi Huangdi’s armies attacked the invaders north of the Huang He and south as far as what is now Vietnam.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

This waterway connected the Huang He and the Chang Jiang.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The Tigris- Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He Valleys were fertile, sunny, well-watered breadbaskets with long stretches of bottomland that practically invited farmers to stick seeds in the soil.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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