Guang·zhou (gwäng j ) also Kwang·chow (kwängch) Formerly Can·ton (k nt n , kntn) A city of southern China on a delta near the South China Sea. The capital of Guangdong province, it became a treaty port open to foreign trade after the Opium War (1839-1842). Population: 4,150,000. |
Guangzhou [ˈgwæŋˈdzəʊ]
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(Placename) the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Canton
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| Noun | 1. |  Guangzhou - a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water portCathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world |
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