Pearl River

American  

noun

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

2. Zhu Jiang.

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Pearl River British  

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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Example Sentences

They focused on the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, two areas that are home to several megacities and key industrial zones.

From Science Daily

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.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From New York Times