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Po-ao

Po-ao is the alternative form of Bo'ao.

Meaning of Bo'ao

Proper noun

Bo'ao

  1. A town in Qionghai, Hainan, China.
    • On April 16th, a Japanese landing party, covered by warships and aeroplanes, effected a landing at Poao on the eastern coast of Hainan Island in face of the Chinese force and occupied the port.[1938, Tokyo Gazette, volume 2, →OCLC, page 35

Origin of Po-ao

From Mandarin 博鰲／博鳌 (Bó'áo) Wade-Giles romanization: Po²-ao².

Questions about Po-ao

What is Po-ao the alternative form of?
Po-ao is the alternative form of Bo'ao.

Words near Po-ao in the dictionary

  1. po'boy
  2. po'boys
  3. po'd
  4. po'ouli
  5. po'oulis
  6. Po-ao
  7. Po-chou
  8. po-face
  9. po-faced
  10. po-faces
  11. po-mo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Po-ao (page history and authors); Bo'ao (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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