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Bohai

US/ˈboʊhaɪ/

Bohai proper noun: synonym of Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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.

Synonyms of Bohai

Forms of Bohai

alternative formBo Hai
alternative formPohai
alternative misspellingP'o-hai

Origin of Bohai

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

Phrases with Bohai

Questions about Bohai

What does Bohai mean?
Bohai means synonym of Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
What part of speech is Bohai?
Bohai is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bohai?
Bohai is pronounced /ˈboʊhaɪ/ (US).

Words near Bohai in the dictionary

  1. boh liao
  2. boh pian
  3. boh pien
  4. Bohac
  5. Bohacs
  6. Bohai
  7. Bohai Bay
  8. Bohai Sea
  9. bohaiornithid
  10. Bohairic
  11. Bohall

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