Guangdong

Guǎngdōng English Alternative forms en Kwangtung Kwang-Tung en Canton dated en Kuang-tung Kuangtung Wade-Giles en Quantung Quang-tong obsolete en Guandong misspelling en Kwong Tung Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1998 Blunden Caroline w:Mark Elvin Gazetteer Graham Speake Cultural Atlas of China https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/ Revised Facts on File Checkmark Books 0-8160-3814-7 98-34322 43168341 9770589M 232, 233 https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/page/233/ Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription.Guangdong Province/Kuang-tung, romanization of en cmn 廣東. 廣 itself means "expanse", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in 226 . "Guangdong" and neighbouring Guangxi literally mean "Guang East" and "Guang West". Together, Guangdong and Guangxi are called the "Two Guangs" (兩廣 Liangguang). en Canton, which went through Portuguese. Pronunciation en /ˈɡwɑŋˈdʊŋ/ GA en /ɡwæŋˈdʊŋ/ RP gwäng′do͝ong′Kwangtung or Kuang-tung 998 1Guangdong geographical name Guang·​dong ˈgwäŋ-ˈdu̇ŋ variants or Kwangtung ˈgwäŋ-ˈdu̇ŋ ˈkwäŋ-, -ˈtu̇ŋ en Guang dong en ʊŋ 2 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Guangdong.wav Southern England Proper noun en Q15175en A populous <<province>> of <<c/China>>, located on the southern coast Guangzhou. en 1975 Janet Goldwasser; Stuart Dowty Women: Half of Heaven Huan-Ying: Worker's China https://archive.org/details/huanyingworkersc0000gold/ New York w:Monthly Review Press 0-85345-337-3 74-7790 471721488 135 https://archive.org/details/huanyingworkersc0000gold/page/135/ After the break-up of the 1924-1927 United Front, the Chinese Communist Party set up Soviets—liberated districts— in several parts of South China. One of the earliest liberated areas, organized in 1927-1928, was in the Hailufeng District of Guangdong Province. en 1992 w:Richard Nixon The Pacific Triangle Seize the Moment https://archive.org/details/seizemomentameri00nixo/ w:Simon & Schuster 0-671-74343-0 91-37743 440652941 175 https://archive.org/details/seizemomentameri00nixo/page/175/ If the United States revoked MFN status, tariffs would skyrocket on the goods such as textiles, shoes, and toys that are primarily produced by private enterprises. Coastal provinces, such as Guangdong near Hong Kong and Fukien near Taiwan, that have served as the beachhead for free-market economics would suffer the worst blow. en June 23, 2022 Tiffany May Extreme Weather Hits China With Massive Floods and Scorching Heat https://web.archive.org/web/20220623062045/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/world/asia/china-floods-heatwaves.html 23 June 2022 Asia Pacific The authorities in Guangdong Province on Tuesday raised alerts to the highest level after days of rainfall and floods, closing schools, businesses and public transport in affected areas. en 09/12/2023 Chinese city hunts for dozens of crocodiles https://web.archive.org/web/20230913224301/https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-city-hunts-for-dozens-of-crocodiles/a-66791395 13 September 2023 https://www.dw.com/en/chinese-city-hunts-for-dozens-of-crocodiles/a-66791395 w:Deutsche Welle Chinese media reported on Tuesday that more than 70 crocodiles had escaped after deluges in Guangdong province caused a lake at a crocodile farm to overflow. weekend Lunch with the FT: Cao Fei 2026-08-08 Thomas Hale Life & Arts 3 But it was hard to be sure if she meant her home in Beijing, or her home in Guangdong, or perhaps another hometown, a memory of a photograph, blurred in motion. en Translations province of China Arabic: ar كْوَنْغْدُنْغ m, ar غْوَانْغْدُونْغ m ḡwanḡdunḡ Armenian: hy Գուանդուն Burmese: my ကွမ်တုန်း Chinese: Cantonese: yue 廣東 gwong2 dung1 Hokkien: nan-hbl 廣東 Kńg-tang Mandarin: cmn 廣東 Guǎngdōng Czech: cs Kuang-tung Czech: cs Guangdong Esperanto: eo Gŭangdongo Georgian: ka გუანდუნი German: de Guangdong n, de Kwangtung n formerly, de Kanton n formerly rare Greek: el Καντόνα n, el Κουανγκτούνγκ n, el Γκουανγκντόνγκ n Hindi: hi गुआंगदोंग Hungarian: hu Kuangtung Indonesian: id Guangdong Japanese: ja 広東 Kanton, ja カントン Kanton Khmer: km ក្វាងទុង Korean: ko ^광동(廣東), ko ^광둥 Lao: lo ກວາງຕຸ້ງ Latvian: lv Guanduna Lithuanian: lt Guangdongas Macedonian: mk Гуангдунг m Manchu: mnc ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩᡩᡠᠩ, mnc ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩ ᡩᡠᠩ Marathi: mr कुआंग्टुंग Okinawan: ryu 広東 Kwantun Polish: pl Guangdong n Portuguese: pt Cantão Russian: ru Гуанду́н m Spanish: es Cantón Thai: th กวางตุ้ง Tibetan: bo ཀོང་ཏུང་ཞིང་ཆེན Vietnamese: vi Quảng Đông Zhuang: za Guengjdoeng, za Gvangjdungh See also en Cantonese References Further reading Guangdong, Kwangtung, Kwang-Tung, Kuang-tung, Kuangtung, Quantung, Quang-tong, Guandong, Kwong Tung en 2008 Guangdong Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 1455 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1455/ 1, 2 French fr: Alternative forms fr Canton obsolete Kouang-Tong obsolete, 1879 Quang-tung obsolete, 1751 Quan-ton obsolete, 1751 Quanton obsolete, 1751 Etymology From the fr cmn-pinyin - romanization of fr cmn 廣東. Pronunciation [u:ou,g:g_] [u:ou,ng:ŋ] fr Fr-BE-Guangdong.ogg Belgium Proper noun m le Guangdong fr Guangdong Q15175 fr Chine fr Canton Related terms fr cantonais