ningbo

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/nɪŋˈbəʊ/

Definition of ningbo

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A port city, prefecture-level city, and subprovincial city in eastern Zhejiang, China.
    “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.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

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

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