Salween

English

Alternative forms

• Salwen

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese သံလွင် (samlwang).

Proper noun

the Salween

1. A 2,815-kilometre-long river flowing from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea, through China, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.
   • 2013 March 7, Ben Blanchard, “About 60,000 could lose homes for controversial China dams”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 January 2016‎^[2]:

     Outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao, a geologist by trade and populist by instinct, vetoed the dams in Yunnan province on the UNESCO-protected Nu River, known outside China as the Salween, in 2005, after an outcry from environmentalists.

   • 2016 June 18, Edward Wong, “China’s Last Wild River Carries Conflicting Environmental Hopes”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-06-18, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     Three great rivers rush through parallel canyons in the mountains of southwest China on their way to the coastal plains of Asia. At least 10 dams have been built on two of them, the Mekong and the Yangtze. The third remains wild: the remote, raging Nu, known as the Salween in Myanmar, where it empties into the Andaman Sea.

   • 2021 March 29, “Myanmar: Thousands take to streets as others flee”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[5], archived from the original on March 29, 2021, News‎^[6]:

     About 2,500 people, including 200 students, have crossed the Salween River into northern Thailand's Mae Hong Son province, according to the Free Burma Rangers. An estimated 10,000 people are believed to be displaced in Myanmar's northern Karen state, the agency said.

Synonyms

• (upper reaches) Nujiang

Translations

river

• Burmese: သံလွင်မြစ် (samlwangmrac)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩爾溫江 / 萨尔温江 (zh) (Sà'ěrwēn Jiāng) (lower reaches outside of China), 怒江 (zh) (Nù Jiāng) (upper reaches in China)

• Mon: သာန်လာန်
• Pa'o Karen: ခြုံꩻ
• Pwo Karen: ကၟံင့်ယှောတ်ခၠေါဟ်
• Sgaw Karen: ဃိၣ်လီၤကျိ (xoh̀ law̄ kloh)
• Tai Nüa: ᥑᥨᥒᥰ (xöng) (upper reaches in China)
• Thai: แม่น้ำสาละวิน
• Tibetan: རྒྱལ་མོ་རྔུལ་ཆུ (rgyal mo rngul chu)

Further reading

• Salween, Salwen at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Salween River or Thanlwin River”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2729, column 3

Anagrams

• weanels