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Kaying

Kaying proper noun: a former prefecture of Guangdong, China; now Meizhou.

Proper noun

Kaying

  1. A former prefecture of Guangdong, China; now Meizhou.
    • Four of the Maryknoll territories are in South China, the Vicariates of Kongmoon, Wuchow and Kaying and the Prefecture of Kweilin.1940, John Joseph Considine, When the Sorghum Was High: A Narrative Biography of Father A. Donovan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, A Maryknoll Missioner Slain by Bandits in Manchukuo, Longmans, Green...
    • He had been vicar‐general from 1956 to 1966. He was previously a missionary in Kaying in southern China, receiving the assignment in 1938.1978 November 29, “Rev. John F. Donovan, A Maryknoll Vicar, 71”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2018, Section B, page 12

Examples of Kaying in a sentence

  • Father Ford was put in charge, picking Kaying, the Hakka cultural center, as his own main base, and set about developing the area.1990, Albert J. Nevins, American Martyrs: From 1542, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 139–141:
  • He was appointed the first bishop of Kaying on June 18, 1935.2016, Landon J. DePasquale, “Ford, Francis Xavier”, in George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, editors, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the...

Origin of Kaying

From Chinese 嘉應 /嘉应, likely via Cantonese.

Questions about Kaying

What does Kaying mean?
Kaying means a former prefecture of Guangdong, China; now Meizhou.
How do you use Kaying in a sentence?
Father Ford was put in charge, picking Kaying, the Hakka cultural center, as his own main base, and set about developing the area.
What part of speech is Kaying?
Kaying is a proper noun.

Words near Kaying in the dictionary

  1. kayfs
  2. Kayhakat
  3. kayik
  4. kayiks
  5. Kayin
  6. Kaying
  7. Kayins
  8. kayko
  9. Kayla
  10. Kaylaway
  11. kayle

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