Guangdong

See also: Guǎngdōng

English

Alternative forms

• Kwangtung, Kwang-Tung (obsolete)
• Canton (historical)
• (from Wade–Giles) Kuang-tung

Etymology

Pinyin transliteration of Mandarin 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng). 廣／广 (guǎng) itself means "expanse", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in 226 C.E.. "Guangdong" and neighbouring Guangxi literally mean "Guang East" and "Guang West". Together, Guangdong and Guangxi are called the "Two Guangs" (兩廣／两广 (Liǎngguǎng)). Doublet of Canton, which went through Portuguese.

Proper noun

Guangdong

1. A populous province in China, located on the southern coast.

Translations

province of China

• Arabic: كْوَنْغْدُنْغ‎ m (kwanḡdunḡ), غْوَانْغْدُونْغ‎ m (ḡwanḡdunḡ)
• Armenian: Գուանդուն (hy) (Guandun)
• Burmese: ကွမ်တုန်း (kwamtun:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 廣東 (yue), 广东 (gwong² dung¹)

  Mandarin: 廣東 (zh), 广东 (zh) (Guǎngdōng)

  Min Nan: 廣東 (zh-min-nan), 广东 (Kńg-tang)

• Czech: Kuang-tung
• Georgian: გუანდუნი (guanduni)
• Greek: Καντόνα n (Kantóna), Κουανγκτούνγκ n (Kouangktoúngk), Γκουανγκντόνγκ n (Gkouangkntóngk)
• Hungarian: Kuangtung
• Japanese: 広東 (Kanton), カントン (Kanton)

• Korean: 광동 (Gwangdong) (廣東 (ko))
• Latvian: Guanduna
• Lithuanian: Guangdongas
• Macedonian: Гуа́нгдунг m (Guángdung)
• Manchu: ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩᡩᡠᠩ (guwangdung)
• Marathi: कुआंग्टुंग (kuāṅgṭuṅga)
• Okinawan: 広東 (Kwantun)
• Russian: Гуанду́н (ru) m (Guandún)
• Thai: กวางตุ้ง (th) (gwaang-dtûng)
• Tibetan: ཀོང་ཏུང་ཞིང་ཆེན (kong tung zhing chen)
• Vietnamese: Quảng Đông (vi)
• Zhuang: Guengjdoeng, Gvangjdungh

See also

• Guangzhou
• Cantonese