Bo'ai

See also: bô-ài and bó'ài

English

Alternative forms

• Boai

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 博愛／博爱 (Bó'ài).

Proper noun

Bo'ai

1. A county of Jiaozuo, Henan, China.
   • [1970, Daily Report People's Republic of China‎^[1], numbers 42-62, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:

     HONAN COUNTY GRAIN -- Since 1965, Poai County has exceeded every year the grain output target set by the national agricultural development program. Grain and cotton output in 1969 set new records. Spring farming is now in full swing.]

   • 1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan‎^[2], Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 426:

     28. In February 1939, wealthy leaders in Kaifeng were beaten and executed by the Japanese for refusing payment. The entire business community in Bo'ai county was locked up until they paid their taxes. Li and Jiang 1987: 61.

   • 2020 August 27, “ReTo Eco-Solutions Completes Henan Province Sewage Treatment Projects”, in AP News, PR Newswire‎^[3], archived from the original on 20 June 2022‎^[4]:

     ReTo was awarded contracts covering 4 villages in Bo’ai County, Jiaozuo City, located in Henan province.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博愛／博爱 (zh) (Bó'ài)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Bo'ai”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 458, column 3

Anagrams

• BOIA, Biao, abio-, obia