Dan River
A river in North Carolina and Virginia, United StatesA river in North Carolina and Virginia, United States.
/ˈdæn ˈɹɪvə(ɹ)/
Meaning
3 sensesA river in North Carolina and Virginia, United States.
A river in Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, China; the longest tributary of the Han River.
A river in northern Israel; the largest headwater of the Jordan River.
Origin
Uncertain, possibly named after the biblical city of Dan. Partial calque of Chinese 丹江 (DUncertain, possibly named after the biblical city of Dan.
Partial calque of Chinese 丹江 (Dān Jiāng, literally “red river”).
Derived from Hebrew דָּן (Dan).
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