Guiyang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Guizhou, in southwestern China.

    "In 1965 the NCNA reported the setting up of three ‘institutions of higher learning’ in Guiyang, Guizhou (Kweichow) Province."

  2. 2
    A former commandery of late imperial China. historical

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"In 1965 the NCNA reported the setting up of three ‘institutions of higher learning’ in Guiyang, Guizhou (Kweichow) Province."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴陽 /贵阳 (Guìyáng).

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 桂陽 /桂阳 (Guìyáng).

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