Huang Ho

A form of Huang He — Synonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Huang He (Yellow River): a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions.

    Known popularly as the Yellow River, the Huang Ho is considered the deadliest river in the world.

    2015, Jeff Probst, Amazing Places, Puffin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40
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    All the hill country between the Valley of the Huang Ho and its tributaries, the Lo, the Yi, etc., as far as the Huai Mountains, was likewise peopled by the Jung—the Jung of the Lo, of the Yi, of Yang-chiu, of Man or Mao, etc.

    1928, Henri Maspero, “The Origins of the Chinese Civilizations”, in C. W. Bishop, transl., Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1927, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 438

    The Yellow River, or Huang Ho, starts in the Tibetan highlands and empties out in Bo Hai Bay off southeast China after twisting and turning 3,300 miles.

    1988 April 3, John Corry, “TV VIEW; 'Unruly Dragon': An Excursion In Need of a Guide”, in The New York Times (TV View section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2012

    A tumultuous waterway, the Yangtze ranks second after the Amazon in terms of discharge. Fed by copious amounts of melting snow and also heavy rains, the river's flow is 10 times greater than China's Huang Ho (Hwang River, Huanghe; also known in English as the Yellow River).

    2007, Laurie Burnham, Rivers, Chelsea House, →ISBN, page 43

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Origin

From Mandarin 黃河/黄河 (Huáng Hé, literally “Yellow River”) Wade–Giles romanization: Huang² Ho².

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