Gongbei

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 拱北 (Gǒngběi).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: go͝ongʹbāʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Gong‧bei

Proper noun

Gongbei

  1. A subdistrict of Xiangshan district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Lappa”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1022, column 2: “Lappa (läpʹpä), Chinese Kungpeh or Kungpei (go͝ongʹbāʹ), town, S Kwangtung prov., China, port on Lappa isl., just W of Macao (across channel of Canton R. delta); commercial center. Opened to foreign trade in 1871.”
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