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Kuang-chou

UK/kwæŋˈt͡ʃəʊ/US/ˈkwɑŋˈt͡ʃoʊ/

Kuang-chou proper noun: dated spelling of Guangzhou.

kuang-chou: dated spelling of Guangzhou
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Proper noun

Kuang-chou

  1. Dated spelling of Guangzhou.
    • At present the metropolitan area of Kuang-chou City alone comprises some 1,500,000 people or twice that of the Sung period for all of the two provinces.1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 143
    • In the year 520 he at last landed at Kuang-chou in Southern China.1955, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, “The Zen Sect of Buddhism”, in Studies in Zen, Dell Publishing, page 13

Origin of Kuang-chou

From the Wade–Giles romanization Kuang³-chou¹ of Mandarin 廣州 (Guǎngzhōu).

Questions about Kuang-chou

What does Kuang-chou mean?
Kuang-chou means dated spelling of Guangzhou.
What part of speech is Kuang-chou?
Kuang-chou is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kuang-chou?
Kuang-chou is pronounced /ˈkwɑŋˈt͡ʃoʊ/ (US).

Words near Kuang-chou in the dictionary

  1. Kuan-hua
  2. Kuan-shan
  3. Kuancheng
  4. Kuandian
  5. Kuang
  6. Kuang-chou
  7. Kuang-hsi
  8. Kuang-shui
  9. Kuang-tung
  10. Kuang-yüan
  11. Kuangchow

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