Guangzhou

/ ˈɡwæŋˈdzəʊ /

noun

1. the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Canton

Guangzhou

1. City in southern China; a transportation, industrial, financial, and trade center of southern China; a major deep-water port.

It was formerly called Canton.

Guangzhou was the first Chinese port regularly used for trade, especially following the Opium War (1839–1842), and was the seat of the revolutionary movement under Sun Yat-sen in 1911.

Example Sentences

Jeffy Ma, who runs a hat manufacturer in Guangzhou called Ace Headwear, is monitoring the situation and waiting to hear whether his customers will put orders bound for the U.S. on hold for now.

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After retiring as a player, Stojkovic was briefly chairman of Red Star Belgrade, before turning to coaching first Nagoya, and later Chinese side Guangzhou.

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The Chinese city of Guangzhou is shortlisted in the "Clean our Air" category for electrification of its public transport system.

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On Thursday, India's biggest budget airline IndiGo said that it would restart direct flights between the cities of Kolkata and Guangzhou from 26 October.

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His Beijing South and Guangzhou South railway stations are among the largest in the world, and the KK100 tower in Shenzhen was the tallest building designed by a British architect.

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