Bo'ao

See also: boao and Boao

English

Alternative forms

• Boao
• Po-ao (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 博鰲 / 博鳌 (Bó'áo).

Proper noun

Bo'ao

1. A town in Qionghai, Hainan, China.
   • [1938, Tokyo Gazette‎^[1], volume 2, →OCLC, page 35:

     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.]

   • 1988, Susana Salas Frazier, John G. Frazier, et al., “Sea Turtles in Fujian and Guangdong Provinces”, in 两栖爬行行动学报 [Acta Herpetologica Sinica]‎^[2], volume 1, Science Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37:

     Beimen beach is just north of Bo'ao port, seaward of the village.

   • 2005 January 18, David Barboza, “China's Latest Capitalist Beachhead”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-29, Business‎^[4]:

     And a spectacular international conference center in a resort town called Bo'ao is being promoted as China's answer to Davos, Switzerland, where each January the annual World Economic Forum of business leaders, government officials, activists and intellectuals is held. […]
     Investors have taken notice. Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong billionaire, is scouting development projects here. And Citic Pacific, a huge Hong Kong conglomerate, plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years to develop residential and commercial property in Bo'ao.

   • 2022 April 21, “China's Xi says international disputes should be resolved via dialogue, not sanctions”, in Voice of America‎^[5], archived from the original on 21 April 2022‎^[6]:

     In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video link to the opening ceremony of the Bo'ao Forum For Asia in Bo'ao in southern China's Hainan Province, April 21, 2022.

Translations

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博鰲 / 博鳌 (zh) (Bó'áo)

• French: Bo’ao

French

Alternative forms

• Boao

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 博鳌 (Bó'áo).

Proper noun

Bo’ao ?

1. Bo'ao (a town in Hainan, China)