Mekong

[ mey-kong; Thai. ma-kohng ]

/ ˈmeɪˈkɒŋ; Thai. mæˈkoʊŋ /

noun

a river whose source is in SW China, flowing SE along most of the boundary between Thailand and Laos to the South China Sea. 2600 miles (4200 km) long.

Chinese Lantsang.

Example sentences from the Web for mekong

He had learned Vietnamese while performing alternative military service in the Mekong Delta.

Remembering Ron Moreau: Goodbye To A War Reporting Legend |Christopher Dickey |May 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He absorbed ethnic rebels into his criminal empire, and set up encampments along the Mekong river.

How China Used Drones to Capture a Notorious Burmese Drug Lord |Brendon Hong |April 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
How China used drones to track and capture the notorious kingpin of the Mekong delta.

How China Used Drones to Capture a Notorious Burmese Drug Lord |Brendon Hong |April 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Turse uses the example of Operation Speedy Express, the annihilation of the Mekong Delta between 1968 and 1969.

The Atrocity Lessons: What the U.S. Military Learned From Vietnam |Jake Whitney |February 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

In reality, the Thumb was an affable, bespectacled California accountant, a cousin of one of the men arrested on the Mekong.

‘The Accidental Terrorist’: a California Accountant’s Coup |Adam Piore |May 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The greater and the richer part lay to the east of the Mekong, and was overlapped on the north-east and east by Chinese territory.

The Pacification of Burma |Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
Many of them live on the borders of the Mekong and the great lake, in huts built upon piles or floating rafts.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 |Various
It lies between the Salween and the Mekong, touching both rivers.

The Pacification of Burma |Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
It next defines the northern edge of the Shan States, and finally strikes the Mekong river in lat.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 |Various
The most comfortable and considerably the cheapest is by the bi-weekly steamer down the Mekong.

Where the Strange Trails Go Down |E. Alexander Powell

British Dictionary definitions for mekong

Mekong

/ (ˌmiːˈkɒŋ) /

noun

a river in SE Asia, rising in SW China in Qinghai province: flows southeast forming the border between Laos and Myanmar, and part of the border between Laos and Thailand, then continues south across Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea by an extensive delta, one of the greatest rice-growing areas in Asia. Length: about 4025 km (2500 miles)

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