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HWANG HO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hwang Ho mean?
• HWANG HO (noun)
The noun HWANG HO has 1 sense:
1. a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta
Familiarity information: HWANG HO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Huang He; Hwang Ho; Yellow River
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Hwang Ho" 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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