Etymology

Jingpo

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Today it means: A lake on the Mudan River in northern China. Full definition →

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The story

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鏡泊湖/镜泊湖 (Jìngpō Hú, literally “mirror lake”), named for the supposed clarity of its waters.

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