"Ning-po" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 寧波／宁波 (Níngbō), compare with Wade–Giles romanization: Ning²-po¹.",
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          "ref": "1738, J. B. Du Halde, A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet, volume I, London, →OCLC, page 34",
          "text": "WE departed from Ning-po the 26th of November 1687, in order to go to Pe-king, where we were call’d by the Emperor, embarking in the Evening with a Mandarin, who was appointed us by the Governor.",
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          "ref": "1962, Ping-ti Ho, The Ladder of Success in Imperial China Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368-1911, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, published 1964, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 253",
          "text": "Over-congestion and limited resources had forced many Shao-hsing and Ning-po people to earn their livings elsewhere, a phenomenon which deeply struck a scholar-official of Shanghai in the sixteenth century.",
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          "ref": "1983, Boniface Hanley, No Strangers to Violence, No Strangers to Love, Notre Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 115",
          "text": "Once more Father Lebbe was on the move. This time he was to go to Ning-po in South China.",
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          "ref": "2007, Richard Wolff, The Popular Encyclopedia of World Religions, Harvest House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 139",
          "text": "Business with Japan could be transacted only at Ning-po, while Foochow was set aside for trade with the Philippines.",
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          "ref": "2009, Sara Sheridan, The Secret Mandarin, Avon, →OCLC, page 131",
          "text": "When Robert and I arrived in Ning-po we were to report to the British Consul, Mr Thom, but he had been borne away on important business.",
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          "ref": "2012, Paul French, Midnight in Peking, Viking, →OCLC, page 157",
          "text": "They had all the accoutrements of the China sojourner—the carved mahogany ashtrays, the Ning-po lacquerware, the Qing-style blackwood furniture.",
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