Etymology

Guangzhou

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Today it means: A major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China. Full definition →

Mandarin 廣州 /广州
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The story

  1. Mandarin · derived from廣州 /广州“expansive district [capital]”
  2. English todayGuangzhou

Mid 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣州 /广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “expansive district [capital]”).

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