Mekong

See also: Mê Kông

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmikɔŋ/, /mɛˈkɔːŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmikɔŋ/, enPR: měʹkôngʹ
  • enPR: māʹkôngʹ

Proper noun

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, archived from the original on 02 September 2023, Nature and Environment:
      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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Further reading

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. Mekong (a river in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mekong

  1. Mekong (a river in southeastern Asia)

Declension

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

Derived terms

  • mekongi

Italian

Proper noun

Mekong m

  1. Mekong

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.kɔŋk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛkɔŋk
  • Syllabification: Me‧kong

Proper noun

Mekong m

  1. Mekong (a river in Asia)

Declension

Further reading

  • Mekong in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Mekong m

  1. Mekong (a river in southeast Asia)
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