Salween

[ sal-ween ]

/ ˈsæl win /

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noun

a river in southeastern Asia, flowing south from southwestern China through eastern Myanmar (Burma) to the Bay of Bengal. 1,750 miles (2,815 km) long.

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Words nearby Salween

salvific, salvo, sal volatile, salvor, salwar kameez, Salween, Salyut, Salzburg, Salzgitter, Sam, samaʿ

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How to use Salween in a sentence

The phrase "from the Salween to the sea" was invented and had some effect.
The Pacification of Burma|Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
West of the Salween, the European cant about opium has penetrated.
The Pacification of Burma|Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
The River Salween is the boundary on the east, and divides it from Kengtung.
The Pacification of Burma|Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
Wide tracts were laid waste, and the peasantry, deserting their fields, had joined in the fights or gone across the Salween.
The Pacification of Burma|Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite

The poppy is largely cultivated in Yunnan and in the hilly country on the Salween.
The Pacification of Burma|Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite

British Dictionary definitions for Salween

Salween

/ (ˈsælwiːn) /

noun

a river in SW Asia, rising in the Tibetan Plateau and flowing east and south through SW China and Myanmar to the Gulf of Martaban. Length: 2400 km (1500 miles)

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