Yingkou

Ying·kou
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proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China.

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proper noun

alternative Yingkow · alternative Ying-k'ou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China.

    Yingkou, the real port of Newchwang, will shortly be connected by rail with the capital.

    1900 April 26, “The Foreign Trade of China in 1899”, in The Board of Trade Journal, volume XXIX, number 178, page 155
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    Tobacco—Tobacco is one of the staple products of Manchuria. The best leaf is raised around Kirin. It is blended with foreign leaf in making cigarettes. The British American Tobacco Company has a factory at Mukden, and the East Asia Tobacco Company has a factory at Yingkou. The export of the native leaf is increasing.

    1922, South Manchuria Railway Company, Manchuria, Land of Opportunities, Thomas F. Logan, Inc., →OCLC, page 23

    Meanwhile, Liaoning’s provincial health authority reported three new infections, including two local ones, both in the port city of Yingkou.

    2021 May 14, “Officials log first local covid cases in weeks”, in The Washington Post, Reuters, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2023, World Digest
  2. historicalSynonym of Dashiqiao.

    Yingkou County is our province's first advanced county in learning from Tachai.

    1975 December 4 [1975 November 30], “Liaoning Daily on Yingkou County's Success”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 234, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Shenayng Liaoning Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northeast Region, page L 2

    Synonyms: Dashiqiao

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Dashiqiao.

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Origin

  1. Mandarin營口 /营口
  2. EnglishYingkou

Borrowed from Mandarin 營口 /营口 (Yíngkǒu).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 營口 /营口
  • 營口 /营口 (jing⁴ hau²)prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China
Chinese Mandarin 營口 /营口
  • 營口 /营口 (Yíngkǒu)prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China
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