Meanings
proper noun
- alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of Guangxi.
XVII. Quansi, lies Eaſt from Tonquin, and South from Queicheu. It is for the most part mountainous, and abounds with Elephants, Tygers, and other Wild Beaſts.
[1721, John Senex, A New General Atlas, Containing A Geographical And Historical Account Of All The Empires, Kingdoms And Other Dominions Of The World, London, →OCLC, page 2161 more example
There are ſeveral other Iſlands beſide, which pay alſo Tribute: Amongſt which the Iſland Haman^([sic – meaning Hainan]) is the chiefeſt, lying in the Sea over againſt the Province of Quangſi.
1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 6
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