Guangzhou
See also: Guǎngzhōu
English
Etymology
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 廣州/广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “expansive district [capital]”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Guang‧zhou
Proper noun
Guangzhou
- A major city and port in southeastern China, the capital of Guangdong Province
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Synonyms
- (obsolete) Canton, Kwang-chow, Kwang-chow Foo
Translations
Chinese city
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See also
Portuguese
Proper noun
Guangzhou f
Synonyms
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- Min Nan terms with non-redundant manual script codes
- en:Cities in Guangdong
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- pt:Guangzhou
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