Etymology

Ningbo

Ning·bo
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Today it means: A port city, prefecture-level city, and subprovincial city in eastern Zhejiang, China. Full definition →

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The story

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

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