Mekong

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See also: Mê Kông

English

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Etymology

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c. 19th c., from Thai แม่โขง (mɛ̂ɛ-kǒong, literally Mother river), contracted form of แม่น้ำโขง (mɛ̂ɛ-náam-kǒong).

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Mekong

  1. A river in southeastern Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Tibet to the South China Sea in Vietnam.
    • 2023 September 1, “On the Mekong Through Laos”, in Deutsche Welle[1], archived from the original on 02 September 2023, Nature and Environment‎[2]:
      In the isolated villages, some of which are only accessible by boat, most Laotians live off the land. There are huge rice paddies on the fertile banks on the Mekong; rice is the Laotians’ main staple, eaten three times a day here.

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈkɔŋ/, /ˈmeːkɔŋ/ (latter especially in Mekongdelta)
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Proper noun

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der Mekong m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Mekong or des Mekongs)

  1. Mekong (a river in Southeast Asia)

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Hungarian

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 Mekong on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛkoŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: Me‧kong

Proper noun

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Mekong

  1. Mekong (a river in southeastern Asia)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Mekong
accusative Mekongot
dative Mekongnak
instrumental Mekonggal
causal-final Mekongért
translative Mekonggá
terminative Mekongig
essive-formal Mekongként
essive-modal
inessive Mekongban
superessive Mekongon
adessive Mekongnál
illative Mekongba
sublative Mekongra
allative Mekonghoz
elative Mekongból
delative Mekongról
ablative Mekongtól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Mekongé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Mekongéi
Possessive forms of Mekong
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Mekongom
2nd person sing. Mekongod
3rd person sing. Mekongja
1st person plural Mekongunk
2nd person plural Mekongotok
3rd person plural Mekongjuk

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Italian

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Proper noun

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Mekong m

  1. Mekong

Polish

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Mekong m

  1. Mekong (a river in Asia)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Mekong in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Mekong m

  1. Mekong (a river in southeast Asia)