Guangzhou
A major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in…A major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
Meaning
1 sensesA major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
Guangzhou, Kanton
Гуанчжо́уGuančžóu, Канто́нKantón
Examples
11 sentencesHow far away from here is Guangzhou?
What's the distance between Guangzhou and Beijing?
How do I get to Guangzhou from here?
My dream is to study Cantonese in Guangzhou.
Tom was an English teacher in Guangzhou, China.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣州 /广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “expansMid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣州 /广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “expansive district [capital]”).
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