Ning·bo (n ng b ) also Ning·po (-p) A city of eastern China east-southeast of Hangzhou on Hangzhou Bay. Built on a site occupied since the eighth century, it was used as a trading post by the Portuguese from 1520 to 1545 and became a treaty port in 1842. Population: 806,000. |
Ningbo, Ningpo [ˈnɪŋˈpəʊ]
n
(Placename) a port in E China, in NE Zhejiang, on the Yung River, about 20 km (12 miles) from its mouth at Hangzhou Bay: one of the first sites of European settlement in China. Pop.: 1 704 819 (1999 est.)
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