Baoting

A Li and Miao autonomous county in Hainan, China.

Proper noun

  1. A Li and Miao autonomous county in Hainan, China.
    • HAINAN COUNTY FLOODS—The leadership organs at all levels in Paoting County adopted emergency measures to reduce the losses caused by typhoons and rainstorms to the minimum and tried by every way possible to reap n...
    • The memorial service for him took place in Tungtsa on the morning of 15 November. Wreaths were sent by[…]responsible comrades of the autonomous prefectural and Chiungchung, Paoting and Paisha County party committees;...
    • Fifty-two thousand speakers of the Jiamao language were reported in a 1987 study.¹ They live in the southeastern part of Hainan Island, concentrated in the eastern and southern parts of Baoting County, as well as in...

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 保亭 (Bǎotíng).

Forms

Pao-t'ing