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YALU RIVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
D.P.R.K.; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK; North Korea (a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948)
Holonyms ("Yalu River" is a part of...):
Korean War (a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953)
Sense 2
Meaning:
River in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)
Synonyms:
Yalu; Yalu River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Domain region:
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)
Holonyms ("Yalu River" is a part of...):
D.P.R.K.; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK; North Korea (a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948)
