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Noun: Kwangchow  'gwóng'jow
  1. A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
    - Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Canton

Type of: city, metropolis, port, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Cathay [archaic], China, Communist China, Guangdong, Guangdong province, Kwangtung, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China [informal]

Encyclopedia: Kwangchow