Editing Yalu River (section)

==Name==
The Chinese name ''Yalu'' ("duck-green") was first attested during the [[Tang dynasty]]. According to the ''[[Tongdian]]'' (8th century), the river was named after its color, which resembled that of a [[mallard]]'s head.<ref name="geodata.cn">{{cite web |title=中国7大河、32省代表河流名称由来 |url=http://henu.geodata.cn:8221/infowin.html |website=National Earth System Science Data Center}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=鸭绿江 |url=http://www.ln.xinhuanet.com/ycfc/zr_yly.htm |website=Xinhua Liaoning |publisher=[[Xinhua]]}}</ref> The Korean name "Amnok" follows the [[Sino-Xenic_vocabularies|Sino-Korean reading]] of the same name. In ancient times, the river was known as ''Peishui'' (''Paesu'', 浿水) or ''Mazishui'' (''Majasu'', 馬訾水).<ref name="geodata.cn"/><ref name="encykorea"/>

Historically, it was also known by the Korean name of ''Arinarye'' (아리나례강, 阿利那禮江). ''Ari'', a word from [[Old Korean]] used to refer to the 'spirituality (신령성; 神靈性) of the sun'.<ref name="encykorea">{{Cite web |title=압록강(鴨綠江) |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]] |language=ko}}</ref> The second component might be related to the Old Korean word for 'river, stream', nari (나리, 川理).

Two other theories exist for the name Yalu: one theory is that the name derived from ''Yalu ula'' ({{ManchuSibeUnicode|ᠶᠠᠯᡠ<br>ᡠᠯᠠ}}) in the [[Manchu language]]. The Manchu word ''yalu'' ({{ManchuSibeUnicode|ᠶᠠᠯᡠ}}) means "the boundary between two countries". In Mandarin Chinese, {{lang|zh-Latn|yālù}} phonetically approximates the original Manchu word, but literally means "duck green", which was said to have been once the color of the river. The other theory is that the river was named after the combination of its two upper branches, which were called "{{lang|zh-hant|{{linktext|鴨}}}}" ({{lang|zh-Latn|Yā}} or'' Ap'') and "{{lang|zh-hant|{{linktext|綠}}}}" ({{lang|zh-Latn|Lù}} or ''R''(or ''n'')''ok'')", respectively.<ref name="geodata.cn"/>

[[Revised Romanization of Korean]] spelled it {{lang|ko-Latn|Amnokgang}} ({{IPA|ko|amnok.k͈aŋ}}; "Amnok River") and [[Revised Romanization of Korean|Revised Romanization of Hangeul]] spelled it {{lang|ko-Latn|Aprokgang}} ({{IPA|ko|amnok.k͈aŋ}}; "Aprok River").