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

  1. 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.]

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References

  1. ^ 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

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