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Yingkou

American  
[ying-koh] / ˈjɪŋˈkoʊ /
(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

Phone calls to the Yingkou government Friday weren’t answered.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2023

In December that year, according to satellite imagery, the ship left Yingkou and put in at Caofeidian port some 230 miles south.

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

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