Perfume River
The Perfume River is a river that crosses the city of Huế, in central Vietnam. In the autumn, flowers from orchards upriver from Huế fall into the water, giving the river a perfume-like aroma, hence the sobriquet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Vietnam
- Also known as: “Dai Giang”, “Hương Giang”, “Song Hue”, “Sông Hương”, and “Song Thuong thien”
Perfume River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Perfume River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Perfume”
- Basque: “Hương ibaia”
- Bavarian: “Song Huong”
- Cebuano: “Sông Hương”
- Chinese: “香江”
- Chuvash: “Хыонг”
- Esperanto: “Parfumrivero”
- Fijian: “Uciwai na Huong”
- French: “Riviere des Parfums”
- French: “rivière des Parfums”
- French: “Rivière des Parfums”
- German: “Fluss der Wohlgerüche”
- German: “Huong Giang”
- German: “Hương Giang”
- German: “Parfüm-Fluss”
- German: “Parfümfluss”
- German: “Song Huong”
- German: “Sông Hương”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Perfume”
- Irish: “Abhainn Perfume”
- Italian: “Fiume dei Profumi”
- Japanese: “フオン川”
- Japanese: “香江”
- Korean: “향강”
- Korean: “흐엉강”
- Lithuanian: “Hjongas”
- Lithuanian: “Huongas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Parfymeelva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Parfymeelven”
- Norwegian: “Parfymeelven”
- Polish: “Rzeka Perfumowa”
- Polish: “Sông Hương”
- Portuguese: “Rio Perfume”
- Russian: “Ароматная река”
- Russian: “Хыонг”
- Serbian: “Мирисна река”
- Slovenian: “Dišeča reka”
- Spanish: “Río Perfume”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำหอม”
- Turkish: “Parfüm Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Хионг”
- Vietnamese: “Hương”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Hương”
- Welsh: “Afon Perfume”
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