Etymology

Hai-k'ou

Mandarin 海口
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from海口
  2. English todayHai-k'ou

From Mandarin 海口 (Hǎikǒu), Wade–Giles romanization: Hai³-kʻou³.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.