# Amur
## English
### 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
* The world's ninth-longest river, forming part of the border between the Far East of Russia and Manchuria in 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.‎, 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, 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, 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-15‎: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, 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.
* An oblast in far eastern Russia; its administrative centre is Blagoveshchensk.

#### Synonyms

* (from Mandarin Chinese, the river) Heilongjiang

#### 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)

#### 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, 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: [ˈamur]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Amur m inan (relational adjective amurský)
* Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Russian Аму́р (Amúr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑmur/, [ˈɑ̝mur]
* Rhymes: -ɑmur
* Hyphenation: A‧mur

### Proper noun

Amur
* Amur (Asian river)

#### Declension

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

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

### Anagrams

* mura, ruma

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

der Amur m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Amur or des Amurs)
* 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: /ˈa.mur/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amur
* Syllabification: A‧mur

### Proper noun

Amur m inan
* Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Amur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

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

## Spanish
### Proper noun

Amur m
* Amur

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Amur c (genitive Amurs)
* Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Russian Аму́р (Amúr).

### Proper noun

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