[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.13003 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13003 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13003 - **Language:** English ### [c10.13003](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13003) \*\*SALWEN\*\*, n.p. The great river entering the sea near Martaban in British Burma, and which the Chinese in its upper course call \*Lu-kiang\*. The Burmese form is \*Than-lwen\*, but the original form is probably \*Shān\*. \["The Salween River, which empties itself into the sea at Maulmain, rivals the Irrawaddy in length but not in importance" (\*Forbes, British Burma\*, 8).\] - [Previous: c10.13002](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13002) - [Next: c10.13004](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13004) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13003](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13003) · Pramāṇa