Blue River

English

Proper noun

Blue River

1. (archaic) The Yangtze river in China.
   • 1977 [1973], Lucien Bodard, translated by Barbara Bray, The French Consul‎^[1], New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 51:

     The rebels put the imperial garrisons to the sword—fifty thousand headless bodies were floating in the Blue River when Nanking fell.

2. A tributary of the Colorado River, Colorado, United States.
3. Four townships in Indiana, United States, listed under Blue River Township.

Translations

Yangtze — see also Yangtze

• French: fleuve Bleu (fr) m
• Hungarian: Kék-folyó