Etymology

Bohai Sea

Today it means: A gulf of the Yellow Sea in the northern Pacific Ocean beside Shandong, Hebei, Tianjin, and Liaoning on the northeastern coast of mainland China. Full definition →

Chinese 渤海
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  1. Chinese · derived from渤海
  2. English todayBohai Sea

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 渤海 (Bóhǎi), from 渤 (Bó, “ancient sea name”) + 海 (hǎi, “sea”), with sea pleonastically distinguishing the meaning in English.

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Bohai

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