Han River
English
editEtymology 1
editPartial calque of Korean 한강(漢江) (han'gang). From 한— (han-, “big”) and 강 (江, gang, “river”).
Proper noun
editthe Han River
- A major river in South Korea that flows through Seoul.
Translations
editMajor river in South Korea
Etymology 2
editPartial calque of Chinese 漢江/汉江 (Hànjiāng).
Proper noun
editthe Han River
- A tributary of the Yangtse flowing through Shaanxi and Hubei, China, with its river mouth in Wuhan
- 1930 August 5 [1930 August 1], “Hailstone Damage Near Hankow”, in The North-China Herald and Supreme Court and Consular Gazette[1], volume CLXXVI, number 3287, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 199, column 5:
- In the one case, a two-storeyed house in Wuchang which has long been needing repairs collapsed and killed the mother and son of the occupier. In the other case, a house built partly on piles at the edge of the Han River above Chiaokou was overturned and the wife and daughter of the tenant were thrown into the river and drowned.
- 2011 June 1, Edward Wong, “Plan for China’s Water Crisis Spurs Concern”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 3, 2011, Asia Pacific[3]:
- Here, more than 14 million people in Hubei would be affected if the project damaged the Han River, the tributary of the Yangtze where the middle route starts, said Du Yun, a geographer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, the provincial capital.
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