"Salween" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese သံလွင် (samlwang). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|သံလွင်}} Burmese သံလွင် (samlwang) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Salween
  1. A 2,815-kilometre-long river flowing from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea, through China, Burma and Thailand. Wikipedia link: Salween Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Myanmar, Places in Thailand, Rivers in China, Rivers in Myanmar, Rivers in Thailand Synonyms: Salwen Synonyms (upper reaches): Nujiang Translations (river): သံလွင်မြစ် (samlwangmrac) (Burmese), 薩爾溫江 (Chinese Mandarin), 萨尔温江 (Sà'ěrwēn Jiāng) (english: lower reaches outside of China) (Chinese Mandarin), 怒江 (Nù Jiāng) (english: upper reaches in China) (Chinese Mandarin), သာန်လာန် (Mon), ခြုံꩻ (Pa'o Karen), ကၟံင့်ယှောတ်ခၠေါဟ် (Pwo Karen), ဃိၣ်လီၤကျိ (xoh̀ law̄ kloh) (Sgaw Karen), ᥑᥨᥒᥰ (xöng) (english: upper reaches in China) (Tai Nüa), แม่น้ำสาละวิน (Thai), རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ (rgyal mo rngul chu) (Tibetan)

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