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CHANG JIANG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chang Jiang mean?
• CHANG JIANG (noun)
The noun CHANG JIANG has 1 sense:
1. the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai
Familiarity information: CHANG JIANG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Chang; Chang Jiang; Changjiang; Yangtze; Yangtze Kiang; Yangtze River
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Chang Jiang" is a part of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
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