English
Guangzhou
Guangzhou comes from Mandarin 廣州 ‘expansive district capital’.
- Mandarinmodern廣州Guǎngzhōu‘expansive district capital’
- Englishearliest quotation 1975Guangzhou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern廣州Guǎngzhōu‘expansive district capital’
- Englishearliest quotation 1975Guangzhou
Earliest quotation: 1975, Janet Goldwasser, Of Chivas Regal and Mao Tse-tung: “The Chinese side of the border, Shumchun, is a…”
Every English word from Mandarin 廣州
Today it means
name A major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 廣州 / Guangzhou