Kwangchow

//ˈkwɑŋˈt͡ʃoʊ// name

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  1. 1
    Dated spelling of Guangzhou.

    "Red Guards whom he met in Peking, Shanghai, and Kwangchow were bright and cheerful and full of self-confidence, and he could explain this by the fact that they are children of peasant soldiers who have become a sort of privileged class since the establishment of the Communist regime."

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kuangchou

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"Red Guards whom he met in Peking, Shanghai, and Kwangchow were bright and cheerful and full of self-confidence, and he could explain this by the fact that they are children of peasant soldiers who have become a sort of privileged class since the establishment of the Communist regime."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu).

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