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Irrawaddy

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Ir·ra·wad·dy  (îr-wäd) or Aye·yar·wa·dy (yär-)
A river of Myanmar (Burma) flowing about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) southward to the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. It is the chief river of the country.
Irrawaddy [ˌɪrəˈwɒdɪ]
n
(Placename) the main river in Myanmar, rising in the north in two headstreams and flowing south through the whole length of Myanmar, to enter the Andaman Sea by nine main mouths. Length: 2100 km (1300 miles)
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Noun1.IrrawaddyIrrawaddy - the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea
Irrawaddy River


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Marine biologist Piya, of Indian descent but American and without knowledge of any Indian language, arrives to study a shrinking population of Irrawaddy, or river dolphins.
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