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Chang Jiang

noun

the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai

• Syn: ↑Changjiang, ↑Chang, ↑Yangtze, ↑Yangtze River, ↑Yangtze Kiang

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river

• Part Holonyms:

↑China, ↑People's Republic of China, ↑mainland China, ↑Communist China, ↑Red China, ↑PRC, ↑Cathay

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/chahng" jyahng"/, Pinyin.

a river in E Asia, flowing from the Tibetan plateau through central China to the East China Sea. ab. 3200 mi. (5150 km) long. Also called Yangtze, Yangtze Kiang.

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['chäng jē'äng]

another name for Yangtze

Useful english dictionary. 2012.