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Ning-po
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Ningpo Ning-Po
English
Etymology
From en cmn - 寧波, compare with Wade–Giles romanization: Ning²-po¹.Ningbo, Wade-Giles romanization Ning-po, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Proper noun
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en 1738 J. B. Du Halde A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013761826/ I London 13628142 34 https://archive.org/details/gri_33125013761826/page/34/ WE departed from Ning-po the 26th of November 1687, in order to go to Pe-king, where we were call’d by the Emperor, embarking in the Evening with a Mandarin, who was appointed us by the Governor.
en 1962 w:Ping-ti Ho The Ladder of Success in Imperial China Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368-1911 https://archive.org/details/ladderofsuccessi0000unse/ John Wiley & Sons, INC John Wiley & Sons, Inc 1964 62-10451 1205112112 253 https://archive.org/details/ladderofsuccessi0000unse/page/253 Over-congestion and limited resources had forced many Shao-hsing and Ning-po people to earn their livings elsewhere, a phenomenon which deeply struck a scholar-official of Shanghai in the sixteenth century.
en 1983 Boniface Hanley No Strangers to Violence, No Strangers to Love https://archive.org/details/nostrangerstovio00hanl/ Notre Dame, Indiana w:Ave Maria Press 0-87793-302-2 83-71608 10507907 115 https://archive.org/details/nostrangerstovio00hanl/page/115/ Once more Father Lebbe was on the move. This time he was to go to Ning-po in South China.
en 2007 Richard Wolff The Popular Encyclopedia of World Religions https://archive.org/details/popularencyclope0000wolf/ w:Harvest House 978-0-7369-2007-0 2007002937 81860604 139 https://archive.org/details/popularencyclope0000wolf/page/139/ Business with Japan could be transacted only at Ning-po, while Foochow was set aside for trade with the Philippines.
en 2009 w:Sara Sheridan The Secret Mandarin https://archive.org/details/secretmandarin0000sher/ Avon (publisher) Avon 978-1-84756-223-4 972516569 131 https://archive.org/details/secretmandarin0000sher/page/131/ When Robert and I arrived in Ning-po we were to report to the British Consul, Mr Thom, but he had been borne away on important business.
en https://archive.org/details/midnightinpeking0000fren/ 2012 Paul French (author) Paul French Midnight in Peking Viking Press Viking 978-0-670-92107-2 774638275 157 https://archive.org/details/midnightinpeking0000fren/page/157/ They had all the accoutrements of the China sojourner—the carved mahogany ashtrays, the Ning-po lacquerware, the Qing-style blackwood furniture.
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