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Meaning of Kuang-chou | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkwɑŋˈt͡ʃoʊ

Definitions

Dated spelling of Guangzhou.

Examples

“At present the metropolitan area of Kuang-chou City alone comprises some 1,500,000 people or twice that of the Sung period for all of the two provinces.”
“In the year 520 he at last landed at Kuang-chou in Southern China.”
“In an edict of 1851 (Tao-kuang 11), for example, the emperor authorized the provincial government of Kwangtung to encourage reclamation of uncultivated land in Kuang-chou, Chao-ch'ing, Shao-chou, Chia-ying, Lo-ting, Nan-hsiung, and Lien-chou.”
The main rice-producing areas were Kuang-chou, Hui-chou, Ch'ao-chou, Ying-te, Hsun-chou and Hsiang-chou.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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