Kwangchow

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Kwangchow

/ˈkwɑŋˈt͡ʃoʊ/ US
/kwæŋˈt͡ʃəʊ/ UK

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Borrowed from Mandarin 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu).

proper noun

Dated spelling of Guangzhou. Red Guards whom he met in Peking, Shanghai, and Kwangchow were bright and cheerful and full of self-confidence, and he could explain this by the fact that they are children of peasant soldiers who have become a sort of privileged class since the establishment of the Communist regime.

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"Kwangchow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kwangchow. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Kwangchow. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kwangchow

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"Kwangchow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kwangchow.

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@misc{kwangchow_2026,
  title = {Kwangchow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kwangchow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}