During the 15th century, the Ryukyu Kingdom was a tributary state of Imperial China.
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Tributary
//ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi//
Synonyms for "tributary" (60 found)
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Related words (30)
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
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72 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رَافِد noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Belarusian
1 entries- прыто́к noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Bulgarian
1 entries- прито́к noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Catalan
1 entries- afluent noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏫᎦᏬᏥᎯᎲ noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 屬國 /属国 noun (nation, state etc.)
- 支流 noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- 進貢國 /进贡国 noun (nation, state etc.)
- 附庸國 /附庸国 noun (nation, state etc.)
Czech
1 entries- přítok noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Danish
1 entries- biflod noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Dutch
2 entries- vazalstaat noun (nation, state etc.)
- zijrivier noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Esperanto
1 entries- alfluanto noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Faroese
2 entries- hjáá noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- tvørá noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Finnish
4 entries- avustava adj (yielding supplies of any kind)
- sivu adj (yielding supplies of any kind)
- suojelu adj (related to the paying of tribute)
- tukeva adj (yielding supplies of any kind)
French
1 entries- affluent noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Georgian
1 entries- მოხარკე noun (nation, state etc.)
German
2 entries- Nebenfluss noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- Zufluss noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Greek
1 entries- παραπόταμος noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Hebrew
1 entries- יוּבַל noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Icelandic
2 entries- aðrennslisá noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- þverá noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Irish
2 entries- craobh-abhainn noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- fo-abhainn noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Italian
4 entries- tributario adj (related to the paying of tribute)
- affluente noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- immissario noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- tributario noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Japanese
2 entries- 属国 noun (nation, state etc.)
- 支流 noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Korean
1 entries- 지류 noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Latvian
1 entries- ieteka noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Niewefloss noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Macedonian
1 entries- притока noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Manx
3 entries- crouw noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- crouw-awin noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- fo-hrooan noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Māori
1 entries- kautawa noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bielv noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- sideelv noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sideelv noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ناصر noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Polish
1 entries- dopływ noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Portuguese
1 entries- afluente noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Romanian
2 entries- afluent noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- tributar noun (nation, state etc.)
Russian
2 entries- да́нник noun (nation, state etc.)
- прито́к noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pritok noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- pritoka noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- приток noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- притока noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Slovak
1 entries- prítok noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Slovene
1 entries- pritok noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Spanish
4 entries- contribuyente adj (yielding supplies of any kind)
- tributario adj (related to the paying of tribute)
- afluente noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
- tributario noun (nation, state etc.)
Swedish
1 entries- biflod noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Thai
1 entries- แคว noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- hanwara noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прито́ка noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phụ lưu noun (stream which flows into a larger one)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The Oste is a tributary of the River Elbe.
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How solitary sits the city that was full of people! The great one among the nations has become like a widow! The princess among the provinces has become a tributary!
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To celebrate the June 5 World Environment Day, diplomats from more than a dozen foreign embassies and international organizations Monday joined the U.S. State Department to plant underwater seagrass in the Potomac River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.
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