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Mekong

Mekong

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A large river in Southeast Asia that flows through several countries and forms a wide delta in southern Vietnam
  • proper noun
: río Mekong
  • The Mekong River flows through six countries before reaching its delta in Vietnam, where it empties into the South China Sea.
  • Mekong River
  • Mekong Delta
  • Mekong River basin

This is your Mekong Delta and you wanna stay out of it.

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Examples

  • Then there's the Mekong River Commission.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The banks of the Mekong River in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, can be a lovely retreat at sunset.

    Academic text (2007)

  • If we can make it to the Mekong River...

    Rescue Dawn (2007)

  • The future of the Mekong lies in the balance.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Much smaller dead zones occur on the Mekong, too.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I toured the entire country from the Mekong to the China border.

    Blog text (27)

  • In the Mekong River Basin and elsewhere, however, big dams continue to rise.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Boat traffic at a floating market near the city of Can Tho, Vietnam, jams a branch of the Mekong River.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Some 65 million people live in the 300,000-square-mile Mekong River Basin, also home to a diverse freshwater fauna.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Workers tend a rice paddy in Laos; agricultural runoff degrades the Mekong's water quality.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

Mekong River
vsMekong
3 3.0

A large river in Southeast Asia that flows from Tibet to the South China Sea

is the shorter name form with identical meaning

Compounds

Mekong River
3 3.0

A large river in Southeast Asia that flows from Tibet to the South China Sea

Surface Forms

Mekong main

Etymology

Mekong comes from the local words Mae Nam Khong, where Mae Nam means 'mother of water' and Khong is the river's name, so people call it a 'mother' river that gives life to the farms and villages along its banks.