Guangyang

Guang·yang
G2U1A1N1G2Y4A1N1G2

proper noun

A former commandery around Beijing, China, from the Qin Dynasty on.

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GuangyouJi
Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA former commandery around Beijing, China, from the Qin Dynasty on.
  2. historicalA former principality around Beijing, China, during the Han and Sima Jin Dynasties.

    Synonyms: Guangyou

  3. historicalSynonym of Ji, a former city in Beijing, China, from its role as the seat of the commandery and principality.

    Synonyms: Ji

  4. A district of Langfang, Hebei, China.
    1 more example

    In Qingdao in Shandong province, the Laixi district of more than 700,000 people was put under lockdown after officials found more than 1,600 locally transmitted cases since March 4 through mass testing. In Hebei province, the district of Guangyang, home to 500,000 people, has also been put under lockdown.

    2022 March 14, Lily Kuo, “As China’s covid outbreak expands, whole cities and provinces are sealed off and key industries closed”, in The Washington Post (Asia section), Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2022

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA former principality around Beijing, China, during the Han and Sima Jin Dynasties.

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Guangyou

proper nounSynonym of Ji, a former city in Beijing, China, from its role as the seat of the commandery and principality.

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Origin

  1. Mandarin廣陽 /广阳
  2. EnglishGuangyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 廣陽 /广阳 (Guǎngyáng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 廣陽 /广阳
  • 廣陽 /广阳district
Chinese Mandarin 廣陽郡 /广阳郡, 廣陽國 /广阳国
  • 廣陽郡 /广阳郡former commandery
  • 廣陽國 /广阳国 (Guǎngyángguó)former principality
  • 廣陽 /广阳 (Guǎngyáng)former principality
  • 廣有former principality
  • 广有 (Guǎngyǒu)former principality
  • 廣有國former principality
  • 广有国 (Guǎngyǒuguó)former principality
  • 廣陽 /广阳 (Guǎngyáng)district
Cite this entry
APA

Guangyang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guangyang

MLA

“Guangyang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guangyang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Guangyang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guangyang.

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