Dinghai

See also: dīnghài and Dìnghǎi

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定海 (Dìnghǎi).

Proper noun

Dinghai

1. A district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
   • 2001 April 20, Jonathan Napack, “A Firebrand Agitates to Preserve China's Memory”, in The New York Times‎^[1], sourced from International Herald Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 10, 2024, Style‎^[2]:

     He recently spoke at a conference denouncing the destruction of Dinghai, an old town on Zhoushan island, near Shanghai, best known as the real object of British cove