Huang He
See also: Huáng Hé
English
Alternative forms
- Huang Ho (Wade–Giles)
- Hwang Ho
- Hoamho (obsolete)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 黃河 / 黄河 (Huáng Hé, literally “Yellow River”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhwɑŋ hə/, /ˈhwæŋ hə/
- enPR: hwängʹ hǔʹ[1]
Proper noun
Huang He
- Synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- 1990, Michel Hoang, translated by Ingrid Cranfield, Genghis Khan[2], Saqi Books, →ISBN, page 20:
- Temüjin was about 66 years old. His hair and beard had long since turned white. He had come to lay siege to Ningxia (now called Yinchuan), the fortified capital of the Minyak empire of the Xixia, against whom he had been waging war for over a year, and he had retreated to the other side of the Yellow River (Huang He), not far from the Great Wall, on high ground, a place where he could find some refreshment, for he was already aware that it would not be long before he entered the realm of his brave ancestors.
Translations
the Yellow River, a river in China — see Yellow River
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yellow River”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2120, column 2
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huang He or Yellow River”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1322, column 2
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɑ̃ɡ e/, /waŋ e/, /xwaŋ xə/
Audio (Canada): (file)
Proper noun
- Yellow River, Huang He (a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions)
- Synonyms: fleuve Jaune, Houang-Ho
Portuguese
Proper noun
- Yellow River, Huang He (a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions)
- Synonym: Rio Amarelo
Spanish
Proper noun
- Yellow River, Huang He (a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions)
- Synonym: río Amarillo