Etymology

Songhua

Song·hua
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Today it means: A river in Northeast China which is the longest tributary of the Amur. Full definition →

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The story

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 松花 (sōnghuā) in 松花江 (Sōnghuā Jiāng).

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