English
Kwangchow
Kwangchow comes from Mandarin 廣州／广州.
- Mandarinmodern廣州／广州Guǎngzhōu
- Englishearliest quotation 1968Kwangchow
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern廣州／广州Guǎngzhōu
- Englishearliest quotation 1968Kwangchow
Earliest quotation: 1968, Robert Trumbull, This is Communist China: “Red Guards whom he met in Peking, Shanghai, and…”
Every English word from Mandarin 廣州／广州
Today it means
name Dated spelling of Guangzhou.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 廣州／广州 / Kwangchow