Amur
See also: amur and amûr
English
Amur watershed
Etymology
From Russian Аму́р (Amúr).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ämo͝orʹ, ŭmo͞orʹ
Proper noun
Amur
- The world's ninth-longest river, forming the border between the Far East of Russia 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.
- 1830, Amelia Shipley Heber, editor, The Life of Reginald Heber, D.D., volume 1, London: John Murray, OCLC 976710749, OL 7195594M, page 568:
- If, then, the southern districts of European Russia be exposed to a winter more severe than those of France or Germany, they may boast in their turn a more genial climate than the banks of the Ural and the Amur; while all are subject to a dispensation of nature which extends too far, and acts too uniformly, to be ascribed to any local or temporary causes.
- 1915 August 24, Charles K. Moser, “Harbin”, in Supplement to Commerce Reports, number 52h, OCLC 1001830978, page 1:
- Foreign trade goes not to Aigun, but to the Chinese town of Taheiho, which is situated about 30 miles distant from Aigun and is directly opposite the Siberian city of Blagovestchensk, on the other side of the Amur River.
- 1975 June 22, L. Chen, “Defiant intellectual disobedience”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 24, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 3:
- Just a few days before he was to be sent to the “Great Northern Wilderness” near the Amur, an 18-year-old middle school graduate named Liu Fu-yuan went up to the third floor of the “Hundred Goods Building” (department store) at Peiping’s Wanfunching and asked that a made-in-Red-China watch be brought out of the glass case.
- 2021 March, “Setting Rivers Free”, in National Geographic, pages 30-31:
- Bordered by small farming towns without large dams, the Amur—the least obstructed of these 10 rivers—is an example of the effects of minimal human influence.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Amur.
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- An oblast in far eastern Russia; its administrative centre is Blagoveshchensk.
Synonyms
- (from Mandarin Chinese, the river) Heilongjiang
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Amur adonis
- Amur lemming
- Amur Bay
- Amur beech marten (Martes zibellina)
- Amur bitterling
- Amur bream (Parabramis pekinensis)
- black Amur bream
- white Amur bream
- Amur carp
- Amur cobra lily (Arisaema amurense)
- Amur falcon
- Amur goral
- Amur grape
- Amur gudgeon, Amur whitefin gudgeon (Romanogobio tenuicorpus)
- Amur hedgehog
- Amur leopard
- Amur linden, Amur lime
- Amur maple
- Amur meadow steppe
- Amur minnow
- Amur oak (Phellodendron amurense)
- Amur pink
- Amur River clam (Corbula amurensis)
- Amur sculpin
- Amur sleeper
- Amur snake (Elaphe schrenckii)
- Amur three-lips (Opsariichthys uncirostris, Opsariichthys bidens)
- Amur tiger
- Amur viper
- Amur virus
- Amur wagtail
- Amurian
- black amur
- white amur, amur
Translations
the river between the Far East Russia and China
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Amurskaya Oblast
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Heilongjiang — see Heilongjiang
See also
- Amur Darya, Amu Darya
- Heilongjiang
Further reading
- “Amur, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Amur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Anagrams
- 'umra, Maru, Mura, Umar, arum, maru, mura
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈamur]
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Amur m inan
- Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)
Declension
Declension of Amur
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Amur | Amury |
| genitive | Amuru | Amurů |
| dative | Amuru | Amurům |
| accusative | Amur | Amury |
| vocative | Amure | Amury |
| locative | Amuru | Amurech |
| instrumental | Amurem | Amury |
Derived terms
- amurský
Finnish
Etymology
From Russian Аму́р (Amúr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmur/, [ˈɑmur]
- Rhymes: -ɑmur
- Syllabification(key): A‧mur
Proper noun
Amur
- Amur (Asian river)
Declension
| Inflection of Amur (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Amur | — | |
| genitive | Amurin | — | |
| partitive | Amuria | — | |
| illative | Amuriin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Amur | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Amur | — |
| gen. | Amurin | ||
| genitive | Amurin | — | |
| partitive | Amuria | — | |
| inessive | Amurissa | — | |
| elative | Amurista | — | |
| illative | Amuriin | — | |
| adessive | Amurilla | — | |
| ablative | Amurilta | — | |
| allative | Amurille | — | |
| essive | Amurina | — | |
| translative | Amuriksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Amuritta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Amur (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Amurini | Amurimme |
| 2nd person | Amurisi | Amurinne |
| 3rd person | Amurinsa | |
Derived terms
- amurinkorkkipuu
- amurinleopardi
- amurinrastas
- amurinvaahtera
- amurinviini
Anagrams
- mura, ruma
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
der Amur m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive desAmur or des Amurs)
- Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Аму́р (Amúr), of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.mur/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -amur
- Syllabification: A‧mur
Proper noun
Amur m inan
- Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)
Declension
Declension of Amur
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Amur |
| genitive | Amuru |
| dative | Amurowi |
| accusative | Amur |
| instrumental | Amurem |
| locative | Amurze |
| vocative | Amurze |
Further reading
- Amur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Amur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Amur m
- Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)
Swedish
Proper noun
Amur c (genitive Amurs)
- Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)
Turkish
Etymology
From Russian Аму́р (Amúr).
Proper noun
Amur
- Amur (an oblast of Russia; capital: Blagoveshchensk).
- Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)
Declension
declension of Amur
| singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz) | |
|---|---|
| nominative (yalın) | Amur |
| accusative (belirtme) | Amur'u |
| dative (yönelme) | Amur'a |
| locative (bulunma) | Amur'da |
| ablative (çıkma) | Amur'dan |
| genitive (tamlayan) | Amur'un |