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Han River en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

Partial calque of Korean 한강(漢江) (han'gang). From 한— (han-, “big”) and 강 (江, gang, “river”).

Meanings

1. A major river in South Korea that flows through Seoul.

Forms

Translations (3)

ja 漢江 (Major river in South Korea) · ko 한강 (Major river in South Korea) · cmn 漢江 /汉江 (Major river in South Korea)

Han River en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• hän

Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 漢江 /汉江 (Hànjiāng).

Meanings

1. A tributary of the Yangtse flowing through Shaanxi and Hubei, China, with its river mouth in Wuhan.
   • In the one case, a two-storeyed house in Wuchang which has long been needing repairs collapsed and killed the mother and son of the occupier. In the other case, a house built partly on piles at the edge of the Han River above Chiaokou was overturned and the wife and daughter of the tenant were thrown into the river and drowned. 1930 August 5 [1930 August 1], “Hailstone Damage Near Hankow”, in The North-China Herald and Supreme Court and Consular Gazette, volume CLXXVI, number 3287, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 199, column 5:
   • Here, more than 14 million people in Hubei would be affected if the project damaged the Han River, the tributary of the Yangtze where the middle route starts, said Du Yun, a geographer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, the provincial capital. 2011 June 1, Edward Wong, “Plan for China’s Water Crisis Spurs Concern”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2011:

Forms

Translations (4)

cmn 漢江 /汉江 (Tributary of Yangtse) · ko 한강 (Tributary of Yangtse) · yue 漢江 /汉江 (Tributary of Yangtse) · ja 漢江 (Tributary of Yangtse)

Han River en · PROPN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. A river in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Forms

Translations (1)

vi sông Hàn (River in Da Nang)