Baotou

American  

[bou-toh] / ˈbaʊˈtoʊ /

Or Paotow

noun

1. a city in Inner Mongolia, N China, on the Yellow River (Huang He).

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Baotou British  

/ ˈbaʊˈtuː /

noun

1. an industrial city in N China, in the central Inner Mongolia AR on the Yellow River. Pop: 1 367 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Earlier this month, the PLA sent the destroyer Baotou and frigate Xuzhou about 50 miles northwest of Uotsuri Island, part of the disputed Senkaku Islands that are under Japanese control but claimed by China.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2023

A coal-burning power plant can be seen behind a factory in the city of Baotou, in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, October 31, 2010.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2021

When he was growing up, his parents worked for a state-owned train company in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, on a dusty high plain northwest of Beijing.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2017

The status of the Baotou and Ningbo projects remain unclear.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2017

And we do know where the lanthanum oxide comes from, currently from Baotou in Inner Mongolia.

From Forbes • Nov. 8, 2013