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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