Yuan River

English

Etymology 1

Partial calque from Mandarin 沅江 (Yuán Jiāng).

Proper noun

Yuan River

1. A river in Hunan, China
   • 1898 September, W. R. Carles, “THE YANGTSE CHIANG”, in The Geographical Journal‎^[1], volume XII, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 236:

     It is said at Hankau that boats can travel up stream 4000 li by three different routes—the Yangtse Chiang, the Yuan river in Hu Nan, and the Han river.

   • 1954, Herold J. Wiens, “The history of South Chinese tribal movements and migrations”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China‎^[2], Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 88:

     General Fu Yu-te commanded an army of 100,000 which assembled in Hu-kuang Province (Hu-pei and Hu-nan area). Aside from a part of his army which he dispatched post-haste to Wu-san (present-day Wei-ning in western Kuei-chou)(See Photos 7 and 8), he personally led the main body. He entered Kuei-chou from Hu-nan along the Yuan River route.

Synonyms

• Yuan Jiang, Yuanjiang

Translations

river

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沅江 (zh) (Yuán Jiāng)

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Etymology 2

Partial calque from Mandarin 元江 (Yuán Jiāng).

Proper noun

Yuan River

1. The Chinese stretch of the Red River, prior to its crossing the Vietnamese border