廣州

See also: 広州 and 广州

Chinese

		Liangguang	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (廣州)		廣	州
simp. (广州)		广	州

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 廣州

1. (～市, formerly ～府, ～路) Guangzhou (a prefecture-level city, a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Guangdong, China)
2. (historical) Guǎng Prefecture (various prefectures of imperial China in present-day Guangdong and Guangxi)
3. (～市) Gwangju (a city in South Korea)

Synonyms

• (capital of Guangdong): 五羊城 (Wǔyángchéng), 羊城 (Yángchéng), 五羊 (Wǔyáng), 穗城 (Suìchéng), 省城 (Shěngchéng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (廣州):

• → Japanese: 広(こう)州(しゅう) (Kōshū)
• → Korean: 광주(廣州) (Gwangju)
• → Vietnamese: Quảng Châu (廣州)

Others:

• → English: Guangzhou, Kwangchow, Kwang-chow
• → French: Guangzhou
• → German: Guangzhou
• → Hindi: ग्वांगझोउ (gvāṅgjhou)
• → Japanese: コワンチョウ (Kowanchō)
• → Korean: 광저우 (Gwangjeou)
• → Portuguese: Guangzhou
• → Russian: Гуанчжо́у (Guančžóu)
• → Swedish: Guangzhou
• → Thai: กว่างโจว
• → Uyghur: گۇاڭجۇ (guangju)
• → Zhuang: Gvangjcouh

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
廣	州
こう Jinmeiyō	しゅう Grade: 3

Proper noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 広州 (“Guangzhou”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
廣	州

Proper noun

廣州 • (Gwangju) (hangeul 광주)

1. Hanja form^? of 광주 (“Guangzhou”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
廣	州

Proper noun

廣州

1. chữ Hán form of Quảng Châu (“Guangzhou”).