Guangzhou
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Guang·zhou
(gwäng′jō′) Formerly Can·ton (kăn′tŏn′, kăn′tŏn′) A city of southern China on the Pearl River Delta near the South China Sea. The capital of Guangdong province, it was a treaty port after the Opium War (1839-1842).
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Guangzhou
(ˈɡwæŋˈdzəʊ)n
(Placename) the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Canton
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Guang•zhou
or Kwang•chow
(ˈgwɑŋˈdʒoʊ)n.
the capital of Guangdong province, in SE China, on the Zhu Jiang. 3,580,000.
Also called Canton. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. |  Guangzhou - a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water portCathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world |
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GuangzhouKanton
広州