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Wanfow

Wanfow proper noun: synonym of Yunfu: the Cantonese-derived name.

Proper noun

Wanfow

  1. Synonym of Yunfu: the Cantonese-derived name
    • The towns fell to Chinese troops who cut to the rear of the Japanese drive at a point near the Kwangtung-Kwangsi border. They were Loting, south of Wuchow, treaty port from which the Japs are heading westward towards Kweilin, and Wanfow, an adjoining community.1944 October 11, “Sino Counterblows Send Nips Reeling”, in The Stars and Stripes Mediterranean, Italy, →OCLC, page 1
    • Only two years ago, he was still a student in the "First Middle School of Takhing", but was forced to leave school and return to Wanfow because his father, a landlord, was expropriated from all his land by the Communists during the "agrarian reform" and later died.1954, Review of Hong Kong Chinese Press, →OCLC, page 9
    Synonyms:
    Yunfu

Examples of Wanfow in a sentence

  • For example, the following conversation occurred between a Party cadre and a member-prospect in Wanfow County:1955, Union Research Service, volume 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
  • Meanwhile the church of Wanfow was also returned to the Catholic Church and entrusted to Father Ma.1988, Jean-Paul Wiest, Maryknoll in China: A History, 1918-1955, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 218:

Synonyms of Wanfow

Origin of Wanfow

From Cantonese 雲浮 /云浮 (wan⁴ fau⁴).

Questions about Wanfow

What does Wanfow mean?
Wanfow means synonym of Yunfu: the Cantonese-derived name.
How do you use Wanfow in a sentence?
For example, the following conversation occurred between a Party cadre and a member-prospect in Wanfow County:
What part of speech is Wanfow?
Wanfow is a proper noun.

Words near Wanfow in the dictionary

  1. Wanette
  2. waney
  3. waneys
  4. wanfortune
  5. wanfortunes
  6. Wanfow
  7. wang
  8. Wang tile
  9. Wang tiles
  10. Wang Wauk
  11. Wang'an

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