Baoji
See also: Bǎojī
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寶雞 / 宝鸡 (Bǎojī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʊˈd͡ʒiː/
- enPR: bouʹjēʹ[1]
Proper noun
Baoji
- A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
- 2009 August 17, “Protesters storm plant after children are poisoned”, in France 24[2], archived from the original on 30 October 2010, China[3]:
- She had paid for a blood test herself because she was over 14 years old, the government cut-off for free tests, Xinhua said. Its reporters could not reach her family and neighbours said Ma had been sent to hospital in nearby Baoji city.
- [2016, Bill Porter, “Leaving Town”, in The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan[4], Counterpoint, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28:
- We went to visit the sights, of which Paochi had a few. In fact, one of China’s oldest neolithic villages is inside the city: Peishouling, and it dates back 7,000 years.]
Translations
prefecture-level city in western China
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Paoki or Pao-chi”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1425, column 1
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Baoji”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 308, column 2