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GUANGZHOU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Guangzhou mean?
• GUANGZHOU (noun)
The noun GUANGZHOU has 1 sense:
1. a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
Familiarity information: GUANGZHOU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Canton; Guangzhou; Kuangchou; Kwangchow
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Guangzhou" is a part of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
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