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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 寧波/宁波 (Níngbō), literally "Peaceful Waves".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A port city, prefecture-level city, and subprovincial city in eastern Zhejiang, China. Full definition →
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 寧波/宁波 (Níngbō), literally "Peaceful Waves".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.