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Hwang Ho

noun

a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta

• Syn: ↑Huang He, ↑Yellow River

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river

• Part Holonyms:

↑China, ↑People's Republic of China, ↑mainland China, ↑Communist China, ↑Red China, ↑PRC, ↑Cathay

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/hwahng" hoh"/; Chin. /hwahng" hu"/

Older Spelling. See Huang He. Also called Yellow River. See map under Chang Jiang.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.