Ningbo

See also:Níngbō

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete):Ningpo,Ning-po,Ning-Po

Etymology

From theHanyu Pinyinromanization of theMandarinChinese pronunciation forNinh ba／Ninh ba(Níngbō), literally "Peaceful Waves".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/nɪŋˈbəʊ/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-əʊ

Proper noun

Ningbo

2. Aport city,prefecture-level city,andsubprovincial cityin easternZhejiang,China.
   • 2017February 8, “New land-sea route opens between China and central Europe”, inEFE‎^[2],archived fromthe originalon08 February 2017‎^[3]:

     The containers were shipped from the eastern Chinese port ofNingboto 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.

   • 2021August 12, Muyu Xu, Gavin Maguire, “Major container ports in eastern China see worsening congestion after COVID-19 cases”, in Kim Coghill, David Evans, editors,Reuters‎^[4],archived fromthe originalon12 August 2021,China‎^[5]:

     Congestion off China's top two container ports Shanghai andNingbois worsening following the shutdown of a container terminal inNingbowhere a COVID-19 case was detected this week.

Synonyms

• (dated)Yinxian(Yin-hsien)

Derived terms

• Ningbonese

Translations

a city of China

• Arabic:نِينْغْبُوm(ninḡbū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Ninh ba／Ninh ba(ning⁴bo¹)

  Mandarin:Ninh ba／Ninh ba(zh)(Níngbō)

• Finnish:Ningbo
• French:Ningbo
• Hungarian:Ningpo(hu)
• Japanese:Ninh ba(ねいは, Neiha, ニンポー, Ninbō)
• Korean:닝보(Ningbo)
• Macedonian:Нингбоn(Ningbo)
• Portuguese:Liampó
• Russian:Нинбо́m(Ninbó)
• Vietnamese:Ninh Ba

Further reading

• Ningbo, Ningpo, Ning-po, Ning-Poat theGoogle Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen,editor (1998), “Ningbo”, inThe Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6],volume 2, New York:Columbia University Press,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page2189,column 3:“Also spelled Ningpo.”

Anagrams

• boning

French

Alternative forms

• Ning-Po(obsolete)

Proper noun

Ningbo?

1. Ningbo(aport city,prefecture-level city,andsubprovincial cityin easternZhejiang,China)

Derived terms

• Ningbonais
• ningbonais