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Panyu

Syllables: Pan·yu/ˌpænˈju/

Panyu proper noun: a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Proper noun

Panyu

  1. A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
    • Excavated from the tomb of Southern Han Dynasty at Panyu District, Kuangtung.1976, 世界陶磁全集, volume 11, →OCLC, page 335
    • In recent months, authorities in southern Guangdong province have faced increasingly assertive protests by residents opposed to potentially high-polluting projects including plans for a waste incinerator in Guangzhou’s Panyu district that was eventually put off by authorities.2010 January 25, James Pomfret, “Hundreds protest S.China project over pollution worries”, in Ken Wills, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 May 2022, Environment
  2. A former county of Guangdong, China.

Panyu meaning in Vietnamese

Panyu in Vietnamese

a district and former county of China
Phiên Ngung

Synonyms of Panyu

Forms of Panyu

alternative formP'an-yü

Origin of Panyu

From Mandarin 番禺 (Pānyú).

Questions about Panyu

What does Panyu mean?
Panyu means a district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
What is Panyu in Vietnamese?
Panyu in Vietnamese is Phiên Ngung. See Panyu meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Panyu?
Panyu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Panyu?
Panyu is pronounced /ˌpænˈju/.

Words near Panyu in the dictionary

  1. panyas
  2. Panyjima
  3. panym
  4. panyms
  5. Panytyima
  6. Panyu
  7. Panza
  8. Panzaism
  9. panzanella
  10. Panzarella
  11. Panzarellas

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