Punyu

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 番禺 (pun1 jyu4).

Proper noun

Punyu

1. Synonym of Panyu
   • 1989, Janice E. Stockard, Daughters of the Canton Delta: Marriage Patterns and Economic Strategies in South China, 1860-1930‎^[1], Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 16:

     The 78-year-old married informant was from Fo Chyun in Punyu, one in a cluster of villages centering on the market town of Loh Gong. All villages in the cluster shared the same surname.

   • 2014, Nicholas Griffin, Ping-Pong Diplomacy‎^[2], Simon & Schuster, published 2015, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 113:

     Zhuang grew up in Punyu, an impoverished town outside Guangzhou. No one in Punyu could afford a table tennis table.