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Ning·bo

 (nĭng′bō′) also Ning·po (-pō′)
A city of eastern China south of Shanghai on Hangzhou Bay. It was a treaty port following the Opium War (1839-1842).
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Ningbo

(ˈnɪŋˈpəʊ) or

Ningpo

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: 1 188 000 (2005 est)
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Ning•bo

or Ning•po

(ˈnɪŋˈboʊ)

n.
a seaport in E Zhejiang province, in E China. 1,090,000.
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