Kwangchow

/ ˈkwæŋˈtʃaʊ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Canton

Example Sentences

Junks from Kwangchow toddle by after sandalwood and birds' nests, and country wallahs go smelling their way—and smelling is right—around to Banjermasin after benzoin and rice, and tramps of all breeds with Australian coal and ironwood, and topsail schooners with anything at all from pepper to dead Chinamen—a parade like Collins Street of an afternoon.

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