Whang 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 form of Huang He.
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    […] the first essential move was being made in a design so vast and far-reaching that the whole future course of civilization might well hang on its issue. So might one disclose a tiny rill in the uplands of Thibet—and thousands of miles away the muddy yellow waters of the surging Whang Ho obliterate an inoffensive province.

    1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London
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APA

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

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Chicago

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