Yalu

[ yah-loo; Chinese yah-ly ]

/ ˈyɑˌlu; Chinese ˈyɑˈlü /

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noun Pinyin, Wade-Giles.

a river in E Asia, forming part of the boundary between Manchuria and North Korea and flowing SW to the Yellow Sea. 300 miles (483 km) long.

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Also called, Wade-Giles, Yalu Chiang

[jyahng]; /dʒyɑŋ/; Pinyin, Yalu Jiang

[jyahng]. /dʒyɑŋ/.

Words nearby Yalu

y'all, Yalong Jiang, Yalow, Yalta, Yalta agreement, Yalu, yam, Yama, Yamagata, Yamamoto, Yamani

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How to use Yalu in a sentence

From this nerveless, forsaken Korean land I rode down upon the sandy islands of the Yalu.
Revolution and Other Essays|Jack London
The Han, watering the central provinces of the country, and the Yalu in the north, are the two principal ones.
Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan|Pter Vay
Instead of that they advanced themselves, beat a small Russian army at the Yalu, and pressed on.
The Boy Scout Automobilists|Robert Maitland
In 1903, it was announced that a Russian company had obtained a timber concession on the Yalu River.
The Story of Russia|R. Van Bergen, M.A.

Beyond the Yalu, forty miles wide, was the strip of waste that constituted the northern frontier and that ran from sea to sea.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for Yalu

Yalu

/ (ˈjɑːˌluː) /

noun

a river in E Asia, rising in N North Korea and flowing southwest to Korea Bay, forming a large part of the border between North Korea and NE China. Length: 806 km (501 miles)

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