Hwang 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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of Huang He.

    A new steel-producing centre has arisen recently on the Great Bend of the Hwang Ho.

    1974, D. J. Dwyer, editor, China Now: an Introductory Survey with Readings, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 223
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    In the opposite direction the farthest outposts of Chinese civilization were located on either side of the mouth of the Hwang Ho, which then entered the Gulf of Chihli near the modern Tientsin.

    1922, Carl Whiting Bishop, “Geographical Factor in the Development of Chinese Civilization”, in Geographical Review, volume 12, number 1, page 29

    For the last 500 miles (800 km) of its trip to the sea, the Hwang Ho passes over a giant flat plain.

    1981, Melvin Berger, “The Hwang Ho”, in Disastrous Floods and Tidal Waves, Franklin Watts, →ISBN, page 20

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
yellow river
Cite this entry
APA

Hwang Ho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hwang%20Ho

MLA

“Hwang Ho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hwang%20Ho. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hwang Ho,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hwang%20Ho.

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