YANGTZE KIANG

Pronunciation (US):

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yangtze Kiang mean? 

• YANGTZE KIANG (noun)
  The noun YANGTZE KIANG has 1 sense:

1. the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai

  Familiarity information: YANGTZE KIANG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YANGTZE KIANG (noun)

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 ("Yangtze Kiang" 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)