Tumen
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Tumen
From Mongolian or Manchu Tümen “ten thousand, myriad,” referring to the number of the river's sources
Example Sentences
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The bridge, which crosses the Tumen river that marks the border between the two countries, will be able to handle up to 300 vehicles and 2,850 people a day, Russia's transport ministry said.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
In the early 1960s it was the Chinese who fled famine across the shallow Tumen river.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
For example, in the Chinese town of Tumen, the only border barrier was a narrow river, fordable by a determined escapee in seconds.
From Washington Times • May 29, 2023
But there were also new features in flat, agricultural areas near the northeastern border along the Tumen River.
From Reuters • May 27, 2023
On February 6, 2006—a year and a week after he’d crossed the frozen Tumen River into China—Shin arrived in Hangzhou, a city of about six million in the Yangtze River Delta.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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