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Guizhou

Syllables: Gui·zhou/(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/

Guizhou proper noun: a province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.

Proper noun

Guizhou

  1. A province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.
    • The siblings lived in a house in Guizhou Province, one of the poorest areas in China; their village, Cizhu, is under the administration of the city of Bijie.2015 June 12, Edward Wong, “Chinese Premier Urges Officials to Fight Events That Led 4 Children to Drink Pesticide”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
    • Over the weekend, engineers in China's mountainous southwestern Guizhou province linked the two ends of a bridge spanning a rocky gorge. The completion of the Beipanjiang bridge marks yet another infrastructure record in China — the world's "highest" bridge, sitting 1,854 feet above the river below.2016 September 13, Ishaan Tharoor, “The incredible sight of China’s latest record-breaking bridge”, in The Washington Post (WorldViews section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN...

Guizhou meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Indonesian

Guizhou in Hindi

province of China
गुइझोऊ guijhoū

Guizhou in Marathi

province of China
कुइझोउ kuijhou

Guizhou in Arabic

province of China
قُويْتْشُو quytšū, غُويْجُو ḡuyjū

Guizhou in Indonesian

province of China
Guizhou
More languagesFewer languages
Guizhou in Thai
กุ้ยโจว
Guizhou in Vietnamese
Quý Châu

Forms of Guizhou

alternative formGueijhou
alternative formGueizhou
alternative formKueichow
alternative formKweichow
alternative formKueichou
alternative formKuei-chou
alternative form (obsolete)Queicheu
alternative form (obsolete)Quicheu
alternative form (obsolete)Kouitchou
alternative form (obsolete)Koeitchoo

Origin of Guizhou

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴州 /贵州 (Guìzhōu).

Questions about Guizhou

What does Guizhou mean?
Guizhou means a province in southwestern China. Capital: Guiyang.
What is Guizhou in Hindi?
Guizhou in Hindi is गुइझोऊ (guijhoū). See Guizhou meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Guizhou?
Guizhou is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Guizhou?
Guizhou is pronounced /(ˈ)ɡweɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/.

Words near Guizhou in the dictionary

  1. guizard
  2. guizards
  3. Guizars
  4. guizer
  5. guizers
  6. Guizhou
  7. guizing
  8. Guizo
  9. Guj
  10. Gujar
  11. Gujarat

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