Debao

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德保 (Débǎo).

Proper noun

Debao

1. A county of Baise, Guangxi, China
   • [1969, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts‎^[1], →OCLC, page 12:

     The poor and lower-middle peasants of Chuang, Yao and Miao nationalities of the Tungling people's commune in Tepao County, Kwangsi, met the P.L.A. men near the border after travelling 24 hours on end, covering nearly 100 […]]

   • [1978 August 10 [1978 August 3], “Kwangsi Strives to Fulfill Summer Farmwork”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[2], volume I, number 155, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page H 4:

     By 31 July the peasants in Tepao County had reaped 116,000 mou of early rice and maize, and transplanted 148,000 mou of midseason and late rice, accounting for 92.2 percent of the plan.]

   • 2008 June 18, Polly Yam, “Chalco partly-owned alumina plant starts full run”, in Michael Urquhart, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 18 May 2021, ALUMINUM‎^[4]:

     Government officials in Guangxi Autonomous Region said the Huayin capacity was only the first phase of a planned 3.2 million tonnes alumina complex in Debao county in Baise city.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德保 (zh) (Débǎo)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Debao”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 979, column 3