• GUZ(initialism)
• Kuang-chou(Wade–Giles)
• Kwang-chow
• Kwangchow

Mid 20th c., from theHanyu Pinyin^[1] romanization of theMandarin廣州 /广州(Guǎngzhōu,“expansive district [capital]”).

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈɡwɑŋˈd͡ʒoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ɡwæŋˈdʒəʊ/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:(General American)-oʊ,(Received Pronunciation)-əʊ
• Hyphenation:Guang‧zhou

Guangzhou

2. A majorprefecture-level city andport, thecapital andlargestcity ofGuangdong, in southeasternChina.
   • 1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, “Of Chivas Regal and Mao Tse-tung”, inHuan-Ying: Worker's China‎^[1],New York:Monthly Review Press,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,page15:

     The Chinese side of the border, Shumchun, is a long building—a combination reception house, customs office, and dining facility. We were guided down corridors, past dining rooms crowded with businessmen noisily enjoying lunch before the train forGuangzhou pulled out.

   • 2013,Al Gore, “Outgrowth”, inThe Future: Six Drivers of Global Change‎^[2],New York:Random House,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,pages163–164:

     As a result, decisions to clean up the environment are routinely—and inaccurately—described as hurtful to prosperity. For example, inGuangzhou, China, the vice director of the city’s planning agency felt forced to defend a decision to limit automobile traffic as a means of reducing dangerous levels of air pollution by saying, “Of course from the government’s point of view, we give up some growth, but to achieve better health for all citizens, it’s worth it.”

   • 2019 March 19, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “China's goths protest after woman told to remove 'distressing' make-up on subway”, inThe Guardian‎^[3]:

     In a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, the woman, who remains unnamed, recounted how subway security in the southern city ofGuangzhou had stopped her from travelling because of her heavy eye make-up and dark lipstick.

   • 2021 December 15, Amy Cheng, “Chinese officials axed for cutting down thousands of trees after Xi Jinping signals disapproval”, inThe Washington Post‎^[4],→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on15 December 2021, Asia‎^[5]:

     Ten officials fromGuangzhou have been disciplined after thousands of banyan trees, a mainstay of the southern Chinese city’s landscape, were cut down. The decision, announced over the weekend, was likely to have been approved by President Xi Jinping, who made an unusual intervention to signal his displeasure, experts said.
     Li Xi, the Communist Party chief in Guangdong, the province in whichGuangzhou is located, told state media Sunday that the tree removal “gravely damaged the city’s natural ecological environment” and “hurt the public’s fond memories and feelings.” Li added that local officials should realize that Xi paid significant attention toGuangzhou and recognize the severity of the problem.

   • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:Guangzhou.

• Canton
• (obsolete)Kwang-chow Foo

• Guangzhouese

• Not to be confused withGuangdong.
• Cantonese

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Guangzhou”, inThe Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1,New York:Columbia University Press,→ISBN,→LCCN,→OCLC,pages1455-1456
• “Guangzhou,pn.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
• “Guangzhou”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Guangzhou”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Guangzhou” inTheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

• (obsolete)Quang-cheu

Borrowed fromHanyu Pinyin.

• IPA^(key):/ɡwɑ̃ɡ.dʒɔw/,/ɡwɑ̃ɡ.ʒɔw/,/ɡwɑ̃ɡ.zu/

Guangzhou f

1. Guangzhou (a majorprefecture-level city andport, thecapital andlargestcity ofGuangdong, in southeasternChina)

   Synonym:Canton

   Holonym:Guangdong

• cantonais

Borrowed fromHanyu Pinyin.

Guangzhou f

1. Guangzhou (a majorprefecture-level city andport, thecapital andlargestcity ofGuangdong, in southeasternChina)

   Synonym:Cantão