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MEKONG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea
Synonyms:
Mekong; Mekong River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Mekong" is a part of...):
Burma; Myanmar; Union of Burma (a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal)
Cambodia; Kampuchea; Kingdom of Cambodia (a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946)
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
Lao People's Democratic Republic; Laos (a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949)
Kingdom of Thailand; Siam; Thailand (a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula)
