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Mekong   /mˈeɪkɑŋ/   Listen
Mekong

noun
1.
An Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea.  Synonym: Mekong River.






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"Mekong" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rosebery had gone to the verge of war with France in checking the French proceedings, and when he left office France was under a promise to evacuate Chantaboon and the provinces of Batambong and Siamrep, and to set up a buffer State on the Mekong. We were then in military occupation of British Trans- Mekong Keng-Cheng. Lord Salisbury came to an arrangement which left France in Chantaboon and these provinces, thus giving away, against our interests, what was not ours to give—as ...
— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2 • Stephen Gwynn

... km, primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional kilometers are sectionally navigable by craft drawing less than ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.



Words linked to "Mekong" :   Siam, mainland China, Thailand, Communist China, river, Cambodia, Kampuchea, Myanmar, Cathay, Red China, china, Kingdom of Cambodia, Kingdom of Thailand, PRC, Union of Burma, Burma, People's Republic of China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laos



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