Red River

American  

noun

1. a river flowing E from NW Texas along the S boundary of Oklahoma into the Mississippi River in Louisiana. About 1,300 miles (2,095 km) long.

2. Also called Red River of the North.  a river flowing N along the boundary between Minnesota and North Dakota to Lake Winnipeg in S Canada. 533 miles (860 km) long.

3. Songka.

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Red River British  

noun

1. Also called: Red River of the South.  a river in the S central US, flowing east from N Texas through Arkansas into the Mississippi in Louisiana. Length: 1639 km (1018 miles)

2. a river in the northern US, flowing north as the border between North Dakota and Minnesota and into Lake Winnipeg, Canada. Length: 515 km (320 miles)

3. Vietnamese name: Song Koi.  a river in SE Asia, rising in SW China in Yunnan province and flowing southeast across N Vietnam to the Gulf of Tongkin: the chief river of N Vietnam, with an extensive delta. Length: 500 km (310 miles)

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Example Sentences

Romanick was asked to rule on a lawsuit against the state of North Dakota by the Red River Women’s Clinic.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

On Monday, it collapsed a busy bridge, plunging ten cars and two scooters into the Red River.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

While walking through the Red River Delta, near her grandmother’s birthplace, she stopped to photograph a young girl standing in a rice field in Nam Ha during harvest.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

That Red River game last year, coach Brent Venables’ first as head coach of the Sooners, was the most lopsided shutout loss in school history.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023

They were walking east to St. John’s Park, which bordered the Red River.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith