Mekong

[ mey-kong; Thai. ma-kohng ]

/ ˈmeɪˈkɒŋ; Thai. mæˈkoʊŋ /

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noun

a river whose source is in SW China, flowing SE along most of the boundary between Thailand and Laos to the South China Sea. 2,600 miles (4,200 km) long.

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Words nearby Mekong

MEK, Meker burner, Mekhitarist, Mekka, Meknès, Mekong, Mekong Delta, mel, mela, melaena, Melaka

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How to use Mekong in a sentence

He had learned Vietnamese while performing alternative military service in the Mekong Delta.
Remembering Ron Moreau: Goodbye To A War Reporting Legend|Christopher Dickey|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He absorbed ethnic rebels into his criminal empire, and set up encampments along the Mekong river.
How China Used Drones to Capture a Notorious Burmese Drug Lord|Brendon Hong|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How China used drones to track and capture the notorious kingpin of the Mekong delta.
How China Used Drones to Capture a Notorious Burmese Drug Lord|Brendon Hong|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turse uses the example of Operation Speedy Express, the annihilation of the Mekong Delta between 1968 and 1969.
The Atrocity Lessons: What the U.S. Military Learned From Vietnam|Jake Whitney|February 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST

In reality, the Thumb was an affable, bespectacled California accountant, a cousin of one of the men arrested on the Mekong.
‘The Accidental Terrorist’: a California Accountant’s Coup|Adam Piore|May 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Never again can she stroll with her lover in the fragrant twilight on the palm-fringed banks of the Mekong.
Where the Strange Trails Go Down|E. Alexander Powell
The most comfortable and considerably the cheapest is by the bi-weekly steamer down the Mekong.
Where the Strange Trails Go Down|E. Alexander Powell
Pnom-Penh, the capital of Cambodia, stands on the west bank of the mighty Mekong, one hundred and seventy miles from the sea.
Where the Strange Trails Go Down|E. Alexander Powell
In 1896 a treaty was made between these two powers, which fixed the Mekong or Cambodia River as their dividing line.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century|Charles Morris
This region is nearly the extreme western limit of the Moso tribe which appears not to extend across the Mekong River.
Camps and Trails in China|Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews

British Dictionary definitions for Mekong

Mekong

/ (ˌmiːˈkɒŋ) /

noun

a river in SE Asia, rising in SW China in Qinghai province: flows southeast forming the border between Laos and Myanmar, and part of the border between Laos and Thailand, then continues south across Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea by an extensive delta, one of the greatest rice-growing areas in Asia. Length: about 4025 km (2500 miles)

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