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Canton Jargon

Canton Jargon proper noun: chinese pidgin English.

Proper noun

Canton Jargon

  1. (dated) Chinese pidgin English.

Origin of Canton Jargon

It originated in Canton.

Questions about Canton Jargon

What does Canton Jargon mean?
Canton Jargon means chinese pidgin English.
What part of speech is Canton Jargon?
Canton Jargon is a proper noun.

Words near Canton Jargon in the dictionary

  1. Canton Center
  2. Canton crape
  3. Canton crapes
  4. Canton flannel
  5. Canton flannels
  6. Canton Jargon
  7. Canton lemon
  8. Canton matting
  9. canton of Zurich
  10. Canton's phosphorus
  11. cantonal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Canton Jargon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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