Irrawaddy

Definition: Irrawaddy

Irrawaddy

Noun

1. The main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea.

Synonym: Irrawaddy

Synonym: Irrawaddy River (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Irrawaddy

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Irrawaddy (newer spelling Ayeyarwaddy) is a river that flows through the centre of Myanmar (formerly "Burma").

It is Myanmar's most important commercial waterway. Its total drainage area is about 158,700 square miles (411,000 square km). It is about 1,350 miles (2,170 km) long.

It starts in the southern Himalayas, dissects the land from north to south and empties through a nine armed delta into the Indian Ocean. In colonial times, before railways and car roads the river was known as the "Road to Mandalay".

Its name is believed to derive from the Sanskrit term "airavati", meaning "elephant river".

The Irrawaddy gives its name to a dolphin, the Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevistosus, which is found in the river. Though sometimes called the Irrawaddy River Dolphin, it is not a true river dolphin, since it is also found at sea.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Irrawaddy."

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Crosswords: Irrawaddy

English words defined with "Irrawaddy": Irrawaddy River ♦ Rangoon ♦ Yangon. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Irrawaddy

Domain	Title
Books	Irrawaddy Flotilla (reference) Up the Irrawaddy to Mandalay and Bhamo: Journal of a Voyage (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Irrawaddy

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Rice boat on the Irrawaddy heading for Rangoon. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Irrawaddy

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Burma	A number of navigable rivers, including the Irrawaddy, give access to upper Burma. (references)
	Burma	A discovery of oil and natural gas in the vicinity of Nyaungdon in the Irrawaddy delta has added to local production in the past 18 months. (references)
Minorities	Burma	Ethnic minority areas that were remote from active insurgent operations, such as the large Karen areas of Irrawaddy Division, experienced tighter controls on personal movement, including more frequent military checkpoints, closer monitoring by military intelligence, and larger military garrisons, and hence more informal taxes, than comparable Burman areas. (references)
Worker Rights	Burma	Authorities in Irrawaddy Division ordered residents of a village both to clear over 100 acres of land as part of a wetlands reclamation project, and to pay for equipment needed to clear the land. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Irrawaddy

"Irrawaddy" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Irrawaddy" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	83.33%	5	157,705
Adjective (general or positive)	16.67%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	6	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Irrawaddy

Expression using "Irrawaddy": irrawaddy River. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Irrawaddy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
irrawaddy	31
dolphin irrawaddy	4
irrawaddy news	4
irrawaddy river	3
irrawaddy org	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Irrawaddy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-i-r-r-w-y"
	-2 letters: airward.
	-3 letters: airway.
	-4 letters: array, award, dairy, diary, dryad, radar, waddy, widdy, wirra, yaird.
	-5 letters: airy, aria, arid, away, awry, dada, didy, draw, dray, dyad, raia, raid, raya, wadi, wady, wair, ward, wary, wiry, yard, yird, yirr.
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