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- English todayPearl River
Calque of Chinese 珠江 (Zhū Jiāng, literally “pearl river”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pearl River
Today it means: A major river in southern China. Full definition →
Chinese 珠江
Today it means: A major river in southern China. Full definition →
Calque of Chinese 珠江 (Zhū Jiāng, literally “pearl river”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.