Poyang
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A lake in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China, the country's largest freshwater lake.
"Long celebrated as China’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang reaches more than three times the expanse of Los Angeles in the summer wet season. It is home to the rare Yangtze finless porpoise, and its mud flats are the primary winter feeding grounds for thousands of birds that fly south each autumn to escape Siberia’s chill, including the critically endangered Siberian crane. Now it is Poyang itself that is at risk."
- 2 A county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.
Example
More examples"Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China."
Etymology
From Mandarin 鄱陽 /鄱阳 (Póyáng).