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Yingkou

American  
[ying-koh] / ˈyɪŋˈkoʊ /
(Older Spelling) Yingkow

noun

Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
  1. a port in Liaoning province, in northeastern China, near the Gulf of Liaodong.


Yingkou British  
/ ˈjɪŋˈkaʊ /

noun

  1. a port in NE China, in SW Liaoning province: a major shipping centre for Manchuria. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)

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A blast furnace exploded Thursday morning at the Yingkou Iron and Steel Co.,

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Ltd. in Yingkou, east of Beijing in Liaoning province, the city’s Emergency Management Bureau said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

It headed south on a brief trip through the Chinese portion of the Yellow Sea, before settling in open waters near Yingkou Port, not far from where it had set sail.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

Third- and fourth-tier cities – smaller metropolises like Wuxi and Yingkou – have been slower to abandon these old, foreign models.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2014

When Li Shuchang became a Communist Party chief in the northeastern town of Yingkou, his family quickly prospered.

From Time Magazine Archive