Qiantang

Meaning

Proper Noun

river China (country), flowing north and east through Zhejiang into Hangzhou Bay.

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin , named for the dyke constructed on the river by Qian Liu, ruler of Wuyue, one of the Ten Kingdoms that succeeded the Tang dynasty.

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