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Bo Hai

US/boʊ.haɪ/

Bo Hai is the alternative form of Bohai, synonym of Bohai.

Bo Hai is the alternative form of Bohai.

Meaning of Bohai

Proper noun

Bohai

  1. Synonym of Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
    Synonyms:
    Bohai Sea
  2. Synonym of Bohai Bay, a bay of the Bohai Sea or Yellow Sea.
    Synonyms:
    Bohai Bay
  3. (historical) A commandery of imperial China.

Origin of Bo Hai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 渤海 (Bóhǎi), from 渤 (Bó, “ancient sea name”) + 海 (hǎi, “sea”), divided to emphasize the meanings of the name's Chinese terms.

Questions about Bo Hai

What is Bo Hai the alternative form of Bohai, synonym of?
Bo Hai is the alternative form of Bohai, synonym of Bohai.
How do you pronounce Bo Hai?
Bo Hai is pronounced /boʊ.haɪ/ (US).

Words near Bo Hai in the dictionary

  1. bo chap
  2. bo chup
  3. Bo Derek
  4. Bo Diddley beat
  5. Bo Diddley beats
  6. Bo Hai
  7. Bo Hai Bay
  8. bo jio
  9. bo lei
  10. bo liao
  11. Bo Peep

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bo Hai (page history and authors); Bohai (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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