Meaning of Kityang | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of Jieyang: the Cantonese-derived name.

Examples

“The coolie class from Kityang and Swatow Districts emigrated in large numbers to the French possessions of Anam and Cochin-China, a fact which gave the French colonial officials the opportunity of exercising a great influence in the Swatow District. Sometimes these emigrants would return to their native country as French subjects or converts of the Roman Catholic Church and would be a source of annoyance to the government, which, of course, could exercise no authority over them.”

“Dr. Clara C. Leach felt rewarded for her determination to reach the field. In 1941 just as war was declared, she arrived at the port city of Swatow, forty miles from Kityang.”

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