red river
• noun
North American A major river in the southern United States that originates in Texas, forms much of the border between Texas and Oklahoma, and flows into Louisiana before meeting the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers.
North American A river in North America, formally known as the Red River of the North, that flows northward along the Minnesota-North Dakota border into Manitoba, Canada, and empties into Lake Winnipeg.
Global A major river in Southeast Asia that flows from Yunnan province in southwestern China through northern Vietnam, passing through Hanoi before emptying into the Gulf of Tonkin.
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The name 'Red River' is highly ambiguous globally; context is strictly required to distinguish whether it refers to the southern U.S. river, the northward-flowing U.S./Canadian river, or the major river in Southeast Asia.
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