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Pearl River

–noun
1. a river flowing from central Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 485 mi. (780 km) long.
2. Zhu Jiang.

Zhu Jiang

[jy jyahng]
–noun Pinyin.
a river in SE China, in S Guangdong province, flowing E and S from Canton and forming an estuary near Hong Kong. ab. 110 mi. (177 km) long.
Also, Chu Kiang.
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Pearl River  
  1. A river, about 780 km (485 mi) long, of central and southern Mississippi flowing southwest then south to the Gulf of Mexico. Its lower course forms part of the Mississippi-Louisiana border.

  2. See Zhu Jiang.

Zhu Jiang   (jōō' jyäng')   
A river, about 177 km (110 mi) long, of southeast China flowing from Guangzhou into the South China Sea and forming an estuary between Hong Kong and Macao.
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