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PRONUNCIATION OF KWANGCHOWAN

Kwangchowan  [ˈkwæŋˈtʃaʊˈwɑːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KWANGCHOWAN

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Kwangchowan is a noun.
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WHAT DOES KWANGCHOWAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kwangchowan

Guangzhouwan

Flag Location of Kouang-Tchéou-Wan in French Indochina Capital Fort-Bayard Languages ▪ French ▪ Cantonese Chinese ▪ Hakka Chinese ▪ Min Chinese Political structure Leased territory Governor-General List of Governors-General Historical era New Imperialism - Treaty of 12 April 1892 16 November 1898 - Franco-Chinese Agreement 28 February 1946 Currency French Indochinese piastre Guangzhouwan, meaning "Guangzhou Bay", was a small enclave on the southern coast of China ceded by Qing China to France as a leased territory and administered as an outlier of French Indochina. The territory did not experience the rapid growth in population that other parts of coastal China experienced, rising from 189,000 in 1911 to just 209,000 in 1935. Industries included shipping and coal mining. Japan occupied the territory in February 1943. The French briefly took it back in 1945 before returning it to China in 1946, at which point its original name of Zhanjiang was restored. The capital of the territory was Fort-Bayard, also known in Cantonese as Tsamkong.

Definition of Kwangchowan in the English dictionary

The definition of Kwangchowan in the dictionary is a territory of SE China, in SW Kwantung province: leased to France as part of French Indochina from 1898 to 1945. Area: 842 sq km.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KWANGCHOWAN


Assouan
ɑːsˈwɑːn
Assuan
ɑːsˈwɑːn
Aswan
ɑːsˈwɑːn
deewan
dɪˈwɑːn
dewan
dɪˈwɑːn
diwan
dɪˈwɑːn
guan
ɡwɑːn
hwan
hwɑːn
Jawan
dʒəˈwɑːn
macedoine
ˌmæsɪˈdwɑːn
Qairwan
kaɪəˈwɑːn
Sichuan
ˈsɪtʃwɑːn
Szechuan
ˈsɪtʃwɑːn
Szechwan
ˌseɪˈtʃwɑːn
Taiwan
ˈtaɪˈwɑːn
Tsingyuan
ˈtsɪŋˈjwɑːn
Yinchuan
ˈjɪnˈtʃwɑːn
Yinchwan
ˈjɪnˈtʃwɑːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KWANGCHOWAN

Kwa
kwacha
kwaito
Kwajalein
Kwakiutl
Kwan Yin
Kwangchow
Kwangju
Kwangsi-Chuang Autonomous Region
Kwangtung
Kwantung Leased Territory
kwanza
Kwanzaa
Kwara
kwashiorkor
KwaZulu
KwaZulu-Natal
Kwedien
Kweichow
Kweilin

WORDS THAT END LIKE KWANGCHOWAN

ajowan
Bandar Seri Begawan
bhawan
black swan
cowan
gowan
Iowan
lowan
luckengowan
McEwan
mute swan
Palawan
powan
rowan
Saskatchewan
sewan
South Saskatchewan
swan
trumpeter swan
wan

Synonyms and antonyms of Kwangchowan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Kwangchowan» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

Kwangchowan
1,325 millions of speakers

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Kwangchowan
570 millions of speakers

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Kwangchowan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Kwangchowan
380 millions of speakers
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Kwangchowan
280 millions of speakers

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Kwangchowan
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Kwangchowan
270 millions of speakers

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Kwangchowan
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Kwangchowan
220 millions of speakers

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Kwangchowan
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Kwangchowan
180 millions of speakers

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Kwangchowan
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Kwangchowan
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kwangchowan
85 millions of speakers
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Kwangchowan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Kwangchowan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्वांगचोवन
75 millions of speakers

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Kwangchowan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Kwangchowan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kwangchowan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Kwangchowan
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Kwangchowan
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Kwangchowan
15 millions of speakers
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Kwangchowan
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Kwangchowan
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Kwangchowan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Kwangchowan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KWANGCHOWAN»

The term «Kwangchowan» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.265 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KWANGCHOWAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Kwangchowan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KWANGCHOWAN»

Discover the use of Kwangchowan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Kwangchowan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tourific: Travels in Asia, Africa and Europe
6 KWANGCHOWAN, CHINA We were on a small plane flying to our last destination in China, Kwang- chowan, more commonly known as Canton. We were stuffed into narrow seats with hardly any legroom. Adding to our discomfort, the ...
Janet Weis, 2007
2
All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to ...
France, not to be left out, crept northward from Indochina, leasing Kwangchowan on the Luichow Peninsula. The United States was a relative latecomer to China. While hundreds of American missionaries had been proselytizing within its ...
John Taliaferro, 2014
3
Scars of Partition: Postcolonial Legacies in French and ...
Prior to 1946, French Indochina was administratively divided into six territories under three juridical statuses: Cochinchina (a colony per se); Annam, Cambodia, Tonkin, and Laos (protectorates); and Kwangchowan (a leased territory) (Hall ...
William F. S. Miles, 2014
4
Thunder Out Of China
A huge, well-trained Chinese force was deploying for assault on the port town of Kwangchowan near the Indo-China border, while an American convoy, already on the high seas, was sailing to meet it. The assault was scheduled for August 15 ; ...
Theodore H. White, Annalee Jacoby, 2009
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United States International Timber Trade in the Pacific Area
However, except for these former concessions, all timber stands have been government controlled and exploited. FRENCH INDO-CHINA Indo-China is a political and administrative union of two colonies (Cochin China and Kwangchowan)17 ...
Ivan M. Elchibegoff, 1949
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Burma Road
But France, here in Kwangchowan and Fort Bayard, has winked at the business from the beginning. As the two governments are friendly, however, France does not permit any shipments from Kwangchowan direct to Hong Kong. But there are  ...
Nicol Smith, 1942
7
The Far Eastern Review, Engineering, Finance, Commerce
Kwangchowan is to-day administratively attached to Indo-China. French Indo- China is a colony and is administered by a governor -general. It is divided into five parts : Cochinchina, a protectorate, whose governor resides at Saigon ; Tonkin, ...
‎1939
8
Peking Natural History Bulletin
Siberian Paddy-Field Pipit. Kwangtung, including Kwangchowan and Hong Kong , winter (LT.GMVV J,HK). 168a. Anthns novaeseelandiae sinensls (Bonaparte) ^. 4735^.357. Corydalla nnensis Bonaparte, 1850, Consp. Gen. Av. 1:247 (S.
‎1948
9
Popular Science
Dayton. Ohio. 1.000 GRABBAGS 15c each. 8 different $1. Sandy. 630 Bingaman. Reading. Pa. FREE! Austria War set. Postage 3c. Williams, 601 Archerbldg.. Baycity, Mich. FREE, 50 Kwangchowan, etc. Album 3c. Bullard. Box 13. Winter Hill.
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Dispersal and Renewal: Hong Kong University During the War Years
... Wah (1922, M.S. 1932), Bee Hoat Teck (1934) and Teoh Thean Ming (1934), Dr Chu Kwok King (1940) served in a missionary hospital in Kwangchowan, and seven other doctors joined the 9th War Zone military forces 290 Lindsay Ride.
Clifford Matthews, Oswald Cheung, 1998

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KWANGCHOWAN»

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Using the present to preserve the past
"To fully utilize the social networks, we've developed a smartphone application about the history of 'Kwangchowan'," said Zhou Tengda, 28, ... «Chinadaily USA, Dec 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Kwangchowan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kwangchowan>. May 2024 ».
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