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 two-lane, roughly half-mile link over the Tumen River will be able to handle up to 300 vehicles and over 2,300 people a day, according to the Russian government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The bridge over the Tumen river into Russia and an under-construction span to China are part of a shift that offers Western-sanctioned Pyongyang economic and strategic options it has long sought, experts said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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
The Tumen River, which forms about a third of the border between North Korea and China, is shallow and narrow.
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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