Meanings
Red River1
Red River2
- A river in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, southern China.
They have also identified the fault in the earth's crust along which this motion took place. It is a belt of severely altered rocks more than 600 miles long, from Tibet to the Gulf of Tonkin. The Red River, which flows from China across Vietnam into the gulf, follows this zone.
1990 February 20, “SCIENCE WATCH; How Indochina Moved”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015, Section C, page 132 more examples
Thanks to the Red River, the principal watercourse that disgorges into the gulf, the coastal region has long enjoyed a navigable connection to the foothills of the gulf's mountainous hinterland (modern Laos, northern Vietnam, and Yunnan) and to the peoples of the region and the valuable local products that historically flowed downriver from them to the sea.
2011, Li Tana, “The Tongking Gulf Through History: A Geopolitical Overview”, in Nola Cooke, Li Tana, James A. Anderson, editors, The Tongking Gulf Through History, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 5Thousands of residents of Vietnam's capital living close to the swollen Red River were evacuated on Wednesday as its waters flooded streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered Northern Vietnam, killing at least 143 people. Yagi, the most powerful typhoon in Asia this year, made landfall on the northern coast of Vietnam on Saturday and moved westwards, hitting Hanoi with gales and heavy rain. The storm also hit other provinces up the Red River, the area's largest, collapsing a bridge on Monday.
2024 September 11, Khanh Vu, Francesco Guarascio, Phuong Nguyen, “Red River floods Hanoi streets as Vietnam reels from impact of Typhoon Yagi”, in John Mair, Miral Fahmy, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2024Synonyms: Hong He, Yuan River, Yuan Jiang, Yuan Shui, Song Hong
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA river in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, southern China.
Origin
From their appearance, usually owing to the color of the silt in their waters.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 紅河 /红河, 元江
- 紅河 /红河 (hónghé)the Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
- 元江 (Yuán Jiāng)the Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
Finnish Punainenjoki
- Punainenjokithe Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
French Fleuve Rouge
- Fleuve Rougethe Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
German Roter Fluss
- Roter Flussthe Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
Hungarian Vörös-folyó
- Vörös-folyóthe Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
Portuguese Rio Vermelho
- Rio Vermelhothe Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
Russian Хонгха, Красная
- Хонгха (Xongxa)the Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
- Красная (Krasnaja)the Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
Spanish río Rojo
- río Rojothe Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
Vietnamese Sông Hồng
- Sông Hồngthe Red River of Yunnan in southern China and of northern Vietnam
Cite this entry
Red River. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Red%20River
“Red River.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Red%20River. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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