Pearl River
Americannoun
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a river flowing from central Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 485 miles (780 km) long.
noun
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a river in central Mississippi, flowing southwest and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Length: 789 km (490 miles)
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the English name for the Zhu Jiang
Example Sentences
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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 ● Oct. 23, 2025
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 ● Sep. 24, 2025
Lee ended his restaurant Pearl River Deli last year after he could not make the business model work.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
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 ● Apr. 21, 2024
In very halting demonic, I told them about the waters of the Pearl River: thick and milky and colored a reddish yellow like the color of sunset distilled from the air.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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