amur

English - Turkish

Definition of amur in English Turkish dictionary

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white amur

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Beyaz sazan balığı

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of amur in Turkish Turkish dictionary

(Osmanlı Dönemi) (C.: Âmar) Bekâ mânâsına. Ömür. Her kişinin hayât müddeti

Dünyanın en uzun dokuzuncu nehri

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AMÛR

(Osmanlı Dönemi) İki diş arasında olan et

English - English

Definition of amur in English English dictionary

the world's ninth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and 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

Amur Region or Amurskaya Oblast - a federal subject of Russia, its administrative centre is Blagoveshchensk

{i} river in Asia that flows between China and Russia

an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk

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Amur leopard

Panthera pardus orientalis, a wild feline predator native to the mountainous areas of the taiga as well as other temperate forests in Korea, Northeast China and the Russian Far East

Amur River

Chinese Heilong Jiang or Hei-lung Chiang River, northeastern Asia. The Amur proper begins at the confluence of the Shilka and Argun rivers and is 1,755 mi (2,824 km) long. It flows east-southeast along the Russian-Chinese border to Khabarovsk, Siberia, then northeast across Russian territory to empty into the Tatar Strait. Among its tributaries are the Zeya, Bureya, and Ussuri rivers. From the 18th century, Russians have settled to the north of the river and Chinese to the south, a situation which at times has provoked border clashes

amur privet

eastern Asian shrub cultivated especially for its persistent foliage

amur river

an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk

amur river

{i} river in Asia that flows between China and Russia

white amur

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) An herbivorous cyprinid fish (Ctenopharyngodon idella) of eastern Asia that has been introduced elsewhere to control aquatic weeds. Called also grass carp

Hyphenation

A·mur

Etymology

() From Russian Амур (Amur) of unknown origin, but most likely meaning "black river" or "black dragon," judging from Manchu sahaliyan ula "black river," Mongolian Хара-Мурэн (Khara-Muren) "black river," Whatever sense the notion of black river may make around the world, it makes sense of "northern river" as likely as the black is ascribed to the north in Oriental tradition. and Chinese 黑龍江 (heilong jiang) "black dragon river," hence the likely calques. The second syllable mur may be cognate with Mongolian muren "river," Korean 물 (mur or mul) "water, river," obsolete Korean 미르 (mireu) "dragon," etc.