Kwangtung

/ ˈkwæŋˈtʊŋ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Guangdong

Example Sentences

In America we come in contact chiefly with Chinese of one class, and usually from the one province of Kwangtung.

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Sanmei, on the eastern coast of Kwangtung, between Hongkong and Swatow.

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Within this delta and its immediate neighborhood, more than half of the population of Kwangtung province is found.

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A simple story has come to me, I cannot remember where, of a woman in southern China in the province of Kwangtung.

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Two kinds of dollars are in use—the Hongkong and the Kwangtung—the former in the Shameen and the latter in the city and province.

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