Babian Jiang
[ bah-byahn-jyahng ]
noun
a river in S China, flowing SE to the Red River in N Vietnam. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- Also called Song Da [sawng-dah], /ˈsɔŋ ˈdɑ/, Black River .
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How to use Babian Jiang in a sentence
And they rode two hours more, and came to the sides of a black river that was wondrous deep.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonHe obeyed, and rowed her over the black river in his dingy boat, and Persephone gave her the box.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song | Florence HolbrookAs we drew further and further into that lightless land, little twists and curls of vapour wriggled over the black river-surface.
Letters from America | Rupert BrookeTwo leagues beyond this river we reached and passed the entrance of Black River, another of the streams from the Kaug range.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftHe groped across Waterloo Bridge in the fog, and looked wistfully toward the black river.
In Friendship's Guise | Wm. Murray Graydon
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