Pang-pu

English
Map including PANG-PU (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 蚌埠 (Bàngbù),[1] Wade-Giles romanization: Pang⁴-pu⁴.

Proper noun

Pang-pu

  1. Synonym of Bengbu
    • 1998, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia: Knowledge in Depth‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 172, 173:
      The regions of densest population are the tributaries and banks of the Huai above Pang-pu and the diked areas along the right bank of the Yangtze. […]
      There are four large towns—Ho-fei, the capital; Huai-nan; Pang-pu; and Wu-hu.

References
  1. Bengbu, also spelled Bangbu, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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