Kwantung
- a variation of Guandong.
Example Sentences
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As the head of Japan’s Kwantung army in Manchuria, he flouted orders from Tokyo and maneuvered the government into an aggressive foreign policy that culminated in all-out war with China in 1937.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
One of Hollywood’s greatest cinematographers, James Wong Howe was born Wong Tung Jim in Kwantung, China, in 1899 and immigrated with his family as a very small child, growing up in Pasco.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Simultaneously, the Imperial Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchukuo continued to expand its operations and control.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Nationalistic secret societies such as the Cherry Blossom Association and the Blood-Pledge Corps blossomed within the Japanese armed forces, particularly in the prestigious Kwantung Army stationed in Korea.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The important town of Wuchow on the Sikiang, close to the western border of Kwantung, was besieged by a force reported to number 50,000 men.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
