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Guangzhouwan
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English
Alternative forms
en Kwangchowan
Pronunciation
gwäng′jō′wän′
en Guang zhou wan
Proper noun
en historical en A <<former>> French <<territory>> on the southern coast of present-day <<p/Guangdong>>, <<c/China>>, administered as part or French Indochina between 1898 and 1946 ; modern-day Zhanjiang
Translations
former French territory in China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 廣州灣
Mandarin: cmn 廣州灣
French: fr Kouang-Tchéou-Wan
Further reading
Chankiang or Chan-chiang 370 3 The territory, which now forms Chankiang municipality, was leased by China to France for 99 years in 1898–99 and was organized within the Fr. Union of Indochina as the territory of Kwangchowwan, Kwangchowan, or Kuang-chou-wan [Fr. Kouang-Tchéou-Wan].