Amur

See also: amur and amûr

English

Amur watershed

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Аму́р (Amúr), from an Evenki language such as Solon amur (“river”). Doublet of amur.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ämo͝orʹ, ŭmo͞orʹ

Proper noun

Amur

1. The world's ninth-longest river, forming part of the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China, emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin.
   • 1830, Amelia Shipley Heber, editor, The Life of Reginald Heber, D.D.‎^[1], volume 1, London: John Murray, →OCLC, →OL, page 568:

     If, then, the southern districts of European Russia be exposed to a winter more severe than those of France or Germany, they may boast in their turn a more genial climate than the banks of the Ural and the Amur; while all are subject to a dispensation of nature which extends too far, and acts too uniformly, to be ascribed to any local or temporary causes.

   • 1915 August 24, Charles K. Moser, “Harbin”, in Supplement to Commerce Reports‎^[2], number 52h, →OCLC, page 1:

     Foreign trade goes not to Aigun, but to the Chinese town of Taheiho, which is situated about 30 miles distant from Aigun and is directly opposite the Siberian city of Blagovestchensk, on the other side of the Amur River.

   • 1975 June 22, L. Chen, “Defiant intellectual disobedience”, in Free China Weekly‎^[3], volume XVI, number 24, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     Just a few days before he was to be sent to the “Great Northern Wilderness” near the Amur, an 18-year-old middle school graduate named Liu Fu-yuan went up to the third floor of the “Hundred Goods Building” (department store) at Peiping’s Wanfunching and asked that a made-in-Red-China watch be brought out of the glass case.

   • 2020 August 15, Anton Troianovski, “'The Fish Rots From the Head': How a Salmon Crisis Stoked Russian Protests”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-15‎^[5]:

     Along the Amur, one of Asia’s great waterways, Russians feel cheated, lied to and ignored. The wild salmon fishery that they once took for granted is gone, they say, because Moscow granted large concessions to enterprises that strung enormous nets across the river’s mouth.
     People’s anger over their depleted fish stock is so widespread that it has been a driving force behind the anti-Kremlin protests that have been shaking the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, on the Amur, since early July.

   • 2021 March, “Setting Rivers Free”, in National Geographic‎^[6], pages 30–31:

     Bordered by small farming towns without large dams, the Amur—the least obstructed of these 10 rivers—is an example of the effects of minimal human influence.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Amur.
2. An oblast in far eastern Russia; its administrative centre is Blagoveshchensk.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese, the river) Heilongjiang

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Amur adonis (Adonis amurensis)
• Amur lemming (Lemmus amurensis)
• Amur Bay
• Amur beech marten (Martes zibellina)
• Amur bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus)
• Amur bream (Parabramis pekinensis)
• black Amur bream (Megalobrama terminalis)
• white Amur bream (Parabramis pekinensis)
• Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)
• Amur cobra lily (Arisaema amurense)
• Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
• Amur falcon (Falco amurensis)
• Amur goral (Naemorhedus caudatus)
• Amur grape (Vitis amurensis)
• Amur gudgeon, Amur whitefin gudgeon (Romanogobio tenuicorpus)
• Amur hedgehog (Erinaceus amurensis)
• Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
• Amur linden, Amur lime (Tilia amurensis)
• Amur maple (Acer ginnala)
• Amur meadow steppe
• Amur minnow (Rhynchocypris lagowskii)
• Amur oak (Phellodendron amurense)
• Amur pink (Dianthus amurensis)
• Amur River clam (Corbula amurensis)
• Amur sculpin (Mesocottus haitej)
• Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii)
• Amur snake (Elaphe schrenckii)
• Amur three-lips (Opsariichthys uncirostris, Opsariichthys bidens)
• Amur tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
• Amur viper (Gloydius saxatilis)
• Amur virus
• Amur wagtail (Motacilla alba)
• Amurian
• black amur
• Komsomolsk-on-Amur
• white amur, amur (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Translations

the river between the Far East Russia and China

• Arabic: آمُور m (ʔāmūr)
• Armenian: Ամուր (hy) (Amur)
• Belarusian: Аму́р m (Amúr)
• Bulgarian: Аму́р m (Amúr)
• Catalan: Amur
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑龍江 / 黑龙江 (zh) (Hēilóngjiāng), 阿穆爾河 / 阿穆尔河 (zh) (Āmù'ěr hé)

• Czech: Amur (cs) f
• Danish: Amur
• Daur: Хар мур (Har mur)
• Dutch: Amoer
• Esperanto: Amuro
• Estonian: Amuur (et)
• Finnish: Amur (fi)
• French: Amour (fr) m
• Georgian: ამური (amuri)
• German: Amur (de) m
• Greek: Αμούρ (Amoúr)
• Hebrew: אמור (he) f (Amur)
• Hindi: आमुर (āmur)
• Hungarian: Amur (hu)
• Italian: Amur
• Japanese: アムール川 (Amūru-gawa), 黒竜江 (こくりゅうこう, Kokuryūkō)
• Kazakh: Амур (Amur)
• Korean: 아무르강 (ko) (Amureugang), 흑룡강(黑龍江) (Heungnyonggang)
• Lithuanian: Amuras
• Macedonian: Аму́р m (Amúr)
• Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ
  ᡠᠯᠠ (sahaliyan ula)
• Mongolian: Амар мөрөн (Amar mörön), Хар мөрөн (Xar mörön)
• Norwegian: Amur
• Persian: آمور (âmur)
• Polish: Amur (pl) m
• Portuguese: Amur m
• Romanian: Amur f
• Russian: Аму́р (ru) m (Amúr), Хэйлунцзя́н (ru) m (Xɛjlunczján)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Амур m

  Roman: Amur (sh) m

• Slovak: Amur m
• Slovene: Amur
• Spanish: Amur m
• Swedish: Amur
• Turkish: Amur
• Ukrainian: Аму́р m (Amúr)
• Vietnamese: sông Amur, Hắc Long Giang (vi) (黑龍江)

Amurskaya Oblast

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿穆爾州 / 阿穆尔州 (zh) (Āmù'ěr Zhōu)

• Japanese: アムール州 (アムールしゅう, Amūru-Shū)
• Russian: Аму́рская о́бласть (ru) f (Amúrskaja óblastʹ)

Heilongjiang — see Heilongjiang

See also

• Amur Darya, Amu Darya
• Heilongjiang

Further reading

• “Amur, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Amur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Amur”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 121-122

Anagrams

• 'umra, Maru, Mura, Umar, arum, maru, mura

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamur]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Amur m inan (related adjective amurský)

1. Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)

Declension

Declension of Amur (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Amur	Amury
genitive	Amuru	Amurů
dative	Amuru	Amurům
accusative	Amur	Amury
vocative	Amure	Amury
locative	Amuru	Amurech
instrumental	Amurem	Amury

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian Аму́р (Amúr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmur/, [ˈɑ̝mur]
• Rhymes: -ɑmur
• Hyphenation^(key): A‧mur

Proper noun

Amur

1. Amur (Asian river)

Declension

Inflection of Amur (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Amur	—
genitive		Amurin	—
partitive		Amuria	—
illative		Amuriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Amur	—
accusative	nom.	Amur	—
	gen.	Amurin
genitive		Amurin	—
partitive		Amuria	—
inessive		Amurissa	—
elative		Amurista	—
illative		Amuriin	—
adessive		Amurilla	—
ablative		Amurilta	—
allative		Amurille	—
essive		Amurina	—
translative		Amuriksi	—
abessive		Amuritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Amur (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Amurini — accusative nom. Amurini — gen. Amurini genitive Amurini — partitive Amuriani — inessive Amurissani — elative Amuristani — illative Amuriini — adessive Amurillani — ablative Amuriltani — allative Amurilleni — essive Amurinani — translative Amurikseni — abessive Amurittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Amurisi — accusative nom. Amurisi — gen. Amurisi genitive Amurisi — partitive Amuriasi — inessive Amurissasi — elative Amuristasi — illative Amuriisi — adessive Amurillasi — ablative Amuriltasi — allative Amurillesi — essive Amurinasi — translative Amuriksesi — abessive Amurittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Amurimme — accusative nom. Amurimme — gen. Amurimme genitive Amurimme — partitive Amuriamme — inessive Amurissamme — elative Amuristamme — illative Amuriimme — adessive Amurillamme — ablative Amuriltamme — allative Amurillemme — essive Amurinamme — translative Amuriksemme — abessive Amurittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Amurinne — accusative nom. Amurinne — gen. Amurinne genitive Amurinne — partitive Amurianne — inessive Amurissanne — elative Amuristanne — illative Amuriinne — adessive Amurillanne — ablative Amuriltanne — allative Amurillenne — essive Amurinanne — translative Amuriksenne — abessive Amurittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Amurinsa — accusative nom. Amurinsa — gen. Amurinsa genitive Amurinsa — partitive Amuriaan Amuriansa — inessive Amurissaan Amurissansa — elative Amuristaan Amuristansa — illative Amuriinsa — adessive Amurillaan Amurillansa — ablative Amuriltaan Amuriltansa — allative Amurilleen Amurillensa — essive Amurinaan Amurinansa — translative Amurikseen Amuriksensa — abessive Amurittaan Amurittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• amurinhaukka
• amurinkorkkipuu
• amurinleopardi
• amurinrastas
• amurinsopuli
• amurintiikeri
• amurinuunilintu
• amurinvaahtera
• amurinviini

 

Anagrams

• mura, ruma

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

der Amur m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Amur or des Amurs)

1. Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Аму́р (Amúr), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mur/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amur
• Syllabification: A‧mur

Proper noun

Amur m inan

1. Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)

Declension

Declension of Amur

	singular
nominative	Amur
genitive	Amuru
dative	Amurowi
accusative	Amur
instrumental	Amurem
locative	Amurze
vocative	Amurze

Further reading

• Amur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Amur m

1. Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)

Spanish

Proper noun

Amur m

1. Amur

Swedish

Proper noun

Amur c (genitive Amurs)

1. Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)

Turkish

Etymology

From Russian Аму́р (Amúr).

Proper noun

Amur

1. Amur (an oblast of Russia; capital: Blagoveshchensk).
2. Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)

Declension

Declension of Amur

	singular
nominative	Amur
accusative	Amur'u
dative	Amur'a
locative	Amur'da
ablative	Amur'dan
genitive	Amur'un