Irrawaddy

[ ir-uh-wod-ee, -waw-dee ]

/ ˌɪr əˈwɒd i, -ˈwɔ di /

noun

a river flowing S through Burma (Myanmar) to the Bay of Bengal. 1250 miles (2015 km) long.

Also called Aye·yar·wa·dy [ey-yahr-wah-dee] /ˌeɪ yɑrˈwɑ di/.

Example sentences from the Web for irrawaddy

She's been hobnobbing with the fellow all the way down from the Irrawaddy, so I'm told.

Parrot & Co. |Harold MacGrath
On the Irrawaddy river boats they say this too, but they make you jolly comfortable for all that.

From Edinburgh to India & Burmah |William G. Burn Murdoch
I have searched the papers for the shipping intelligence, and for the date upon which the good steamship Irrawaddy is due.

Dimbie and I--and Amelia |Mabel Barnes-Grundy
Next day we had a pleasant walk into Bhamo, that important military station on the left bank of the Irrawaddy.

An Australian in China |George Ernest Morrison

Early in 1886 they attacked Sawadi on the Irrawaddy and exacted tribute from the Sinkan villages.

The Pacification of Burma |Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite

British Dictionary definitions for irrawaddy

Irrawaddy

/ (ˌɪrəˈwɒdɪ) /

noun

the main river in Myanmar, rising in the north in two headstreams and flowing south through the whole length of Myanmar, to enter the Andaman Sea by nine main mouths. Length: 2100 km (1300 miles)

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Irrawaddy

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