Definition of Mekong River

1. Noun. An Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mekong River

Meinicke test
Meir
Meissel
Meissen
Meissner
Meissner's corpuscle
Meissner's plexus
Meissner effect
Meister Eckhart
Meitner
Mejico
Mekcase
Mekhitarist
Mekhitarists
Mekong
Mekong River (current term)
Mel
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Mel Gibson
Melampodium
Melampodium leucanthum
Melampsora
Melampsora lini
Melampsoraceae
Melanchthon
Melanerpes
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Melanesia
Melanesian
Melanesians

Literary usage of Mekong River

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Back Blocks of China: A Narrative of Experiences Among the Chinese by Robert Logan Jack (1904)
"CHAPTER XXXII WEI-SI TO HSIAO WEI-SI Villages of Pu Ah and Ka Ga—Camping in a hen-roost— Village of Toong-Show Ah—A gorge—The Mekong River —Villages of ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The Mekong river ... It next defines the northern edge of the Shan States, and finally strikes the Mekong river in lat. 21° 45' (approximately). ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"... and in 1891 the frontier between Burmah and Siam was delimited by a commission, which gave these territories to Burmah as far as the Mekong river. ..."

4. Thailand by Christopher Evans, Lindsey Evans (2006)
"The impressive market gardens that you glimpse along the banks of the Mekong River are proof of the fertility of the areas that are served by this river and ..."

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