Bengbu
See also: Bèngbù
English
Alternative forms
- Pengpu, Peng-pu (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蚌埠 (Bèngbù).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛŋbu/
Proper noun
Bengbu
- A prefecture-level city in Anhui, China.
- 2021 May 20, “Discover Bengbu: A Shining Pearl by Huaihe River”, in AP News, PR Newswire, China Daily, archived from the original on 14 June 2022:
- Bengbu in northern Anhui province is often dubbed “Pearl City” as it was once a beautiful pearl fishing spot.
Bengbu has been a railway hub in East China since 1911. The city is also the largest port along the 1,000-kilometer Huaihe River, which divides southern and northern China.
- 2022 July 21, Ryan Woo, Samuel Shen, “China to repay more depositors to defuse rural bank scandal”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, Simon Cameron-Moore, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 25 July 2022, Finance:
- Individuals with deposits of up to 100,000 yuan ($14,787) will be repaid, the Henan branch of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and the provincial financial bureau said in a joint statement.
Authorities in Anhui's Bengbu city made a similar statement, saying it will start repaying clients at a bank there with deposits of 50,000-100,000 yuan.
Synonyms
- Bangfu, Pangfu
- Pang-fou, Pang-pu
Further reading
- “Bengbu”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Bengbu”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Bengbu” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Bengbu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 384, column 1
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