Baota

See also: baota and bǎotǎ

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寶塔／宝塔 (Bǎotǎ).

Proper noun

Baota

1. A district of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.
   • 2002 November 1, Sanmeng Wu, Ivy Zheng, “Is Pornography Legal?”, in Beijing Today‎^[1], →OCLC, page 8:

     The police have reported this case to Yan’an Baota District Procuratorate which will decide whether or not to issue an arrest order for Zhang within seven days.

   • 2006, Adam Yuet Chau, “Notes”, in Miraculous Response: Doing Popular Religion in Contemporary China‎^[2], Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 252:

     From January 1, 1997, Yan’an Prefecture officially became the prefecture-equivalent Yan’an Municipality (Yan’anshi), whose jurisdiction includes all the original counties under the prefecture. At the same time the urban area of Yan’an City was renamed Baota District. I will use Yan’an Prefecture, Yan’an County, and Yan’an City (or simply Yan’an) respectively to refer to the three different administrative levels.

   • 2021 May 31, Yao Yao, “Family Promotes Spirit of Great Production Campaign in Nanniwan”, in All-China Women's Federation‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 June 2022‎^[4]:

     Hou Xiuzhen, an elderly woman, lives in Nanniwan, a village in the town of Nanniwan, in Baota District of Yan'an, in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶塔／宝塔 (zh) (Bǎotǎ)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Obata, aboat