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Kwangtung

British  
/ ˈkwæŋˈtʊŋ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Guangdong

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It begins some 50 years before Maxine Kingston was born, some 30 years before the revolution, in the Hong family compound in a peasant village in Kwangtung Province.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Proxy In Canton, China, because Shih Kwangtung could not come from Singapore for his marriage ceremony, the bride's parents selected a handsome rooster to take his place, married her off to it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kwangtung, with its capital city of Canton, is the nerve center of South China.

From Time Magazine Archive

Compounding the problem, according to a broadcast from Kwangtung province this month, are party administrators on the communes who have set a bad example.

From Time Magazine Archive

In America we come in contact chiefly with Chinese of one class, and usually from the one province of Kwangtung.

From A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia by Kendall, Elizabeth Kimball