Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bohai bay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: bo-hai bay
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Synonym of Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea in northeastern China

name

A bay of the Bohai Sea or Yellow Sea near Tianjin, China.

Example Sentences

"The third emerging civilization in Neolithic China during the third millennium B.C. was the Dawenkou culture, with a long-lived tradition of millet farming, located in a broad area from Pohai Bay on the Shantung Peninsula, extended west into the eastern parts of the loess plain and south to the periphery of the Yangtze delta."
"As of March this year, pipelines accommodating 17 MW were already installed between Donghai and a pilot wind project in Bohai Bay near Tianjin."
"In 2012, ConocoPhillips and CNOOC reached a $160 million agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture to settle compensation claims related to the spill. ConocoPhillips also said it would help pay for social projects in Bohai Bay and reduce pollutants in the bay."

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 渤海灣 /渤海湾 (Bóhǎiwān), from 渤海 (Bó Hǎi, “Bohai Sea”) + 灣 /湾 (wān, “bay”).

Inflected Forms

Bo Hai Bay (alternative) Pohai Bay (alternative)

Synonyms

Bohai Bohai Sea

Questions

What does bohai bay mean?: Synonym of Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea in northeastern China
Where does bohai bay come from?: Partial calque of Mandarin 渤海灣 /渤海湾 (Bóhǎiwān), from 渤海 (Bó Hǎi, “Bohai Sea”) + 灣 /湾 (wān, “bay”).

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