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Baokang

Syllables: Bao·kang

Baokang proper noun: a county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Proper noun

Baokang

  1. A county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
    • 7. The river Chü 沮 rises in Pao-k’ang 保康 county, Hupei, and runs through Yüan-an 遠安 county where it is joined by the Chang 漳.[1967, J. D. Frodsham, “Notes to the Poems”, in The Murmuring Stream: The Life and Works of the Chinese Nature Poet Hsieh Ling-yün (385-433), Duke of K’ang-Lo, volume 2, Kuala Lumpur: University of...
    • We also found the individual plant from which the type specimen of P. baokangensis was collected. This peony, cultivated beside a farmer’s house in Huoping Township, Baokang County, turned out to be a hybrid between P. rockii subsp. rockii and P. qiui.2010, Hong De-Yuan, “Introduction”, in Peonies of the World: Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Kew Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1

Forms of Baokang

alternative formPaokang
alternative formPao-k'ang

Origin of Baokang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 保康 (Bǎokāng).

Questions about Baokang

What does Baokang mean?
Baokang means a county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Baokang?
Baokang is a proper noun.

Words near Baokang in the dictionary

  1. Baofeng
  2. Baohe
  3. baohuoside
  4. Baoji
  5. Baojing
  6. Baokang
  7. baoli
  8. baolis
  9. baon
  10. BAOR
  11. Baoruco giant anole

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