Baokang

Bao·kang
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proper noun

A county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Paokang · alternative Pao-k'ang

  1. A county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

    7. The river Chü 沮 rises in Pao-k’ang 保康 county, Hupei, and runs through Yüan-an 遠安 county where it is joined by the Chang 漳.

    [1967, J. D. Frodsham, “Notes to the Poems”, in The Murmuring Stream: The Life and Works of the Chinese Nature Poet Hsieh Ling-yün (385-433), Duke of K’ang-Lo, volume 2, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, →OCLC, page 192
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    We also found the individual plant from which the type specimen of P. baokangensis was collected. This peony, cultivated beside a farmer’s house in Huoping Township, Baokang County, turned out to be a hybrid between P. rockii subsp. rockii and P. qiui.

    2010, Hong De-Yuan, “Introduction”, in Peonies of the World: Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Kew Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 保康 (Bǎokāng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 保康
  • 保康 (bou² hong¹)county in central China
Chinese Mandarin 保康
  • 保康 (Bǎokāng)county in central China
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