English Explanatory Dictionary

Amur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The world's ninth-longest river, forming part of the border between the Far East of Russia and Manchuria in Northeastern China, emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin.
  2. An oblast in far eastern Russia; its administrative centre is Blagoveshchensk.
noun
  1. Any of various hybrids of the white amur that were bred for aquatic weed control.

Pronunciation

ämo͝orʹ ŭmo͞orʹ ä-mo͝orʹ

Word forms

Amur amurs

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Аму́р (Amúr), from an Evenki language such as Solon amur (“river”). Doublet of amur.

Synonyms

Heilongjiang

Related words

Amur Darya Amu Darya Heilongjiang black amur white amur

Derived words

Amur adonis Amur lemming Amur Bay Amur beech marten Amur bitterling Amur bream black Amur bream white Amur bream Amur carp Amur cobra lily Amur cork tree Amur falcon Amur goral Amur grape Amur gudgeon Amur whitefin gudgeon Amur hedgehog Amur leopard Amur linden Amur lime Amur maple Amur meadow steppe Amur minnow Amur oak Amur pink Amur River clam Amur sculpin Amur sleeper Amur snake Amur three-lips Amur tiger Amur viper Amur virus Amur wagtail Amurian black amur Komsomolsk-on-Amur white amur amur Amur pike
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