Yalu

A river that forms the border between North Korea and China and marks the high tide of the United States and South Korean troops in the North. On September 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized Gen. Douglas MacArthur to take troops north of the 38th Parallel, and the combined forces swiftly swept north to the banks of the Yalu River and the border with Red China. This so alarmed Communist China that it sent a large force across the river, undetected by the United States and South Korea, and launched a major counteroffensive in conjunction with the North Koreans on November 25, pushing the invaders back to the 38th Parallel. Most of the action during the rest of the war would be involved in holding this line.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)
  Synonym: Yalu River

The name Yalu can mean:

• The Yalu River which runs along the border between China and North Korea.
• Yalo in Palestine, depopulated during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In Biblical times it was called Aijalon.

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