English Explanatory Dictionary

Bohai Sea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A gulf of the Yellow Sea in the northern Pacific Ocean beside Shandong, Hebei, Tianjin, and Liaoning on the northeastern coast of mainland China.

Pronunciation

/ˈboʊhaɪsiː/ bōʹhīsē

Word forms

Bohai Sea the Bohai Sea Bo Hai Sea Pohai Sea P'o-hai Sea

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 渤海 (Bóhǎi), from 渤 (Bó, “ancient sea name”) + 海 (hǎi, “sea”), with sea pleonastically distinguishing the meaning in English.

Synonyms

Bo Hai Bohai Bohai Bay Bohai Gulf Gulf of Bohai Gulf of Chihli Gulf of Pechihli
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