Pearl River
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- proper noun
- The night cruise on the Pearl River in Guangzhou is one of the most popular projects, with nearly ten ships swimming in the river at night. A portion of these are, of course, foreign tourists, but there are also local people, couples, or families, perhaps individuals dealing with life's troubles and working pressure, who are composed of us on the boat.
- Pearl River Delta
Examples
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The Pearl River is vital for trade and transportation, serving as a major shipping route in southern China.
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The growing economic integration in the Pearl River Delta.
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About 41 million people, including those in Hong Kong and Macau, live in the Pearl River Delta.
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More joint planning, instead of continued insistence on sovereign rights, would underline the commitment of the People's Republic of China to the economic development of the Pearl River Delta and would help to reduce uncertainty.
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Guangdong Province and primarily the counties, cities, and Special Economic Zones in the Pearl River Delta have absorbed two-thirds of this, with an 80 percent share from Hong Kong and Macau.
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Statistics leave no doubt about the current economic significance of the region and the complementarity between the Hong Kong and Macau entities and the People's Republic of China, especially between the Hong Kong and Macau regions and the Pearl River Delta.
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The Pearl River flows through Guangzhou, connecting several important cities in southeastern China.
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Many tourists enjoy boat tours along the Pearl River to see the illuminated skyline of Guangzhou at night.
Synonyms
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A large river in southeast China called the Pearl River that flows into the South China Sea
A large river in southeastern China called the Pearl River that flows into the South China Sea
A large river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea, also called the Pearl River
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name is compositionally built from 'pearl' + 'river' and so an English learner who knows both words can deduce it denotes a river called (or associated with) Pearl; the basic sense 'a river' is directly derivable. Proper-name specifics (its location in China) are not predictable from the constituents but that does not affect the compositional transparency of the label itself.
Etymology
Pearl River in southeastern China got its name because traders long ago found many shellfish that made small pearls, and the river where it meets the sea often shone like strings of pearls. That's why the name suggests a 'river with pearls'.