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Definition of Kwangtung
1. Noun. A province in southern China.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kwangtung
Literary usage of Kwangtung
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature by Samuel Wells Williams (1907)
"The name Canton is a conniption of Kwangtung, derived in English from ... ie the
provincial capital of Kwangtung or simply sang ching. ..."
2. The Iniquities of the Opium Trade with China: Being a Development of the by Algernon Sydney Thelwall (1839)
"If confirmation be needed, this is abundantly confirmed by the following extract
from the " Report of the Governor of Kwangtung* and ..."
3. The Provinces of China: Together with a History of the First Year of H.I.M by Clarence Dalrymple Bruce (1910)
"Kwangtung, the most southerly of the provinces of China, is cut off from the
provinces on ... Kwangtung,* which was the first region of China to come into ..."
4. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"Agreement for the Kwangtung Provincial seven per cent silver loan of 1911.— August
30, 1911. THIS AGREEMENT is made between His Excellency Chung Ming Chi. ..."
5. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"Agreement for the Kwangtung Provincial seven per cent silver loan of 1911.— August
30, 1911. THIS AGREEMENT is made between His Excellency Chung Ming Chi. ..."
6. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"Three pages in a Chinese work 'The Kwangtung San Yii' are taken up with an account
of them, and other Chinese books notice them as well. ..."
7. The Break-up of China: With an Account of Its Present Commerce, Currency by Charles. Beresford (1899)
"ON the 29th of December, 1898, I arrived at Canton. Canton is the capital of the
province of Kwangtung, and is situated on the ..."
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