Pohai

/ ˌpəʊˈhaɪ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Bohai

Example Sentences

Pohai McWhirter and some friends spent nearly two hours picking up and throwing away all the trash on Monday morning.

From Washington Times

Ultimately receiving investiture at the hands of the Tang Court, the sovereign of the colony took the name of Tsuying, King of Pohai, and his son, Wu-i, sent an envoy to Japan in 727, when Shomu was on the throne.

From Project Gutenberg

The difficulty seems to have been met by substituting the name "Koma" for "Pohai," thus, by implication, admitting that the new kingdom held towards Japan the same status as that formerly held by Koma.

From Project Gutenberg

The Empress Koken then reigned at Nara, and her ministers insisted that, in the document presented by the ambassador, Pohai must distinctly occupy towards Japan the relation of vassal to suzerain, such having been the invariable custom observed by Koma in former times.

From Project Gutenberg