Baota

Bao·ta
B3A1O1T1A1

proper noun

A district of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.

    Hou Xiuzhen, an elderly woman, lives in Nanniwan, a village in the town of Nanniwan, in Baota District of Yan'an, in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

    2021 May 31, Yao Yao, “Family Promotes Spirit of Great Production Campaign in Nanniwan”, in All-China Women's Federation, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2022
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    The police have reported this case to Yan’an Baota District Procuratorate which will decide whether or not to issue an arrest order for Zhang within seven days.

    2002 November 1, Sanmeng Wu, Ivy Zheng, “Is Pornography Legal?”, in Beijing Today, number 77, →OCLC, page 8, column 5

    In a humiliating reversal for local police, Baota District People’s Procuratorate in Yan’an city, Shaanxi has thrown out their case against a local man accused of watching pornographic VCDs and obstructing justice.

    2002 November 8, Ivy Zheng, “Is Pornography Legal?”, in Beijing Today, number 78, →OCLC, page 8, column 4

    From January 1, 1997, Yan’an Prefecture officially became the prefecture-equivalent Yan’an Municipality (Yan’anshi), whose jurisdiction includes all the original counties under the prefecture. At the same time the urban area of Yan’an City was renamed Baota District. I will use Yan’an Prefecture, Yan’an County, and Yan’an City (or simply Yan’an) respectively to refer to the three different administrative levels.

    2006, Adam Yuet Chau, “Notes”, in Miraculous Response: Doing Popular Religion in Contemporary China, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 252

Origin

  1. Mandarin寶塔 /宝塔
  2. EnglishBaota

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寶塔 /宝塔 (Bǎotǎ).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 寶塔 /宝塔
  • 寶塔 /宝塔 (bou² taap³)district
Chinese Mandarin 寶塔 /宝塔
  • 寶塔 /宝塔 (Bǎotǎ)district

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APA

Baota. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baota

MLA

“Baota.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baota. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Baota,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baota.

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