Ningbo

Ningbo

See also: Níngbō

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete): Ningpo, Ning-po, Ning-Po

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 寧波／宁波 (Níngbō), literally "Peaceful Waves".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪŋˈbəʊ/

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Proper noun

Ningbo

1. A port city, a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city in eastern Zhejiang, China.
   • 2017 February 8, “New land-sea route opens between China and central Europe”, in EFE‎, archived from the original on 08 February 2017‎:

     The containers were shipped from the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo to Piraeus by sea, and were then transported to Budapest in two trains that reached on Jan. 29 and Feb. 5, according to China's official People's Daily newspaper.

   • 2021 August 12, Muyu Xu; Gavin Maguire, “Major container ports in eastern China see worsening congestion after COVID-19 cases”, in Kim Coghill; David Evans, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 12 August 2021, China:

     Congestion off China's top two container ports Shanghai and Ningbo is worsening following the shutdown of a container terminal in Ningbo where a COVID-19 case was detected this week.

Synonyms

• (dated) Yinxian (Yin-hsien)

Derived terms

• Ningbonese

Translations

a city of China

Arabic: نِينْغْبُو‎ m (ninḡbū) Chinese: Cantonese: 寧波, 宁波 (ning4 bo1) Mandarin: 寧波／宁波 (zh) (Níngbō) Finnish: Ningbo French: Ningbo Hungarian: Ningpo Japanese: 寧波 (ねいは, Neiha, ニンポー, Ninbō) Korean: 닝보 (Ningbo) Macedonian: Нингбо n (Ningbo) Portuguese: Liampó Russian: Нинбо́ m (Ninbó) Vietnamese: Ninh Ba

References

1. Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, pages 345, 359: “Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, […] Ningpo (Ningbo)”

Anagrams

• boning

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French

Alternative forms

• Ning-Po (obsolete)

Proper noun

Ningbo ?

1. Ningbo (a prefecture-level city in eastern Zhejiang, China)

Derived terms

• Ningbonais
• ningbonais