English

Amur watershed

Proper noun

Amur

1. The world's ninth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East 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.
2. Amur Region or Amurskaya Oblast - a federal subject of Russia, its administrative centre is Blagoveshchensk.

Alternative forms

• Amur River
• Heilongjiang (Chinese name)

Derived terms

• Amur tiger

Translations

See also

• Amur Darya or Amu Darya
• Heilongjiang

References

1. ↑ Whatever sense the notion of black river may make around the world, it makes sense of "northern river" as likely as the black is ascribed to the north in Oriental tradition.

Anagrams

• arum
• maru
• mura
• 'umra

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amur m

1. Amur (long river forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China, emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary)

Derived terms

• amurský

Declension

German

Proper noun

Amur m

1. the Amur River

Polish

Proper noun

Amur m

1. Amur (river in Asia)

Declension

Portuguese

Proper noun

Amur m

1. Amur (a river in Asia, between the far east of Russia and China)

English

Noun

amur ‎(plural amurs)

1. Any of various hybrids of the white amur that were bred for aquatic weed control.
   • 1974, Indiana Academy of Science, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, volume 83, 174:

     In the fall of 1972, we obtained a special permit from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to import 20 amurs for study in indoor aquaria.

Related terms

• white amur

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin amāre, present active infinitive of amō.

Alternative forms

• amuar

Verb

amur

1. to love

Related terms

• amaur
• moraus

Etymology 2

From Latin amārus.

Alternative forms

• amuor

Adjective

amur m (feminine amuora)

1. bitter

Related terms

• marcus
• muarka

Dupaninan Agta

Noun

amur

1. dew

Old French

Alternative forms

• amor

Etymology

From Latin amor, amōrem.

Noun

amur m ‎(oblique plural amurs, nominative singular amurs, nominative plural amur)

1. love

Related terms

• amant
• amureus

Descendants

• French: amour

Tolai

Alternative forms

• mur

Pronoun

amur

1. Second-person dual pronoun: you two

Declension