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Pearl River

noun

  1. a river flowing from central Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 485 miles (780 km) long.

  2. Zhu Jiang.



Pearl River

noun

  1. a river in central Mississippi, flowing southwest and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Length: 789 km (490 miles)

  2. the English name for the Zhu Jiang

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Perched on a delta where the Pearl River meets the South China Sea, it is used to typhoons, and it was prepared for this one.

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The hum of sewing machines is a constant in parts of Guangzhou, a thriving port on the Pearl River in southern China.

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Lee ended his restaurant Pearl River Deli last year after he could not make the business model work.

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It intensified over the weekend, hammering the north of the province and the Pearl River Delta in the south, which includes Guangdong’s capital, Guangzhou, as well as the cities of Hong Kong and Macau.

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They planned to follow that with a scenic boat cruise along the city’s Pearl River.

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