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くゎんとぅん・くぁんとぅん【広東】 : kwantun | define meaning

kwantun

Pronunciation: [kʷan̩tuŋ̍]

Definition

Name

Guangzhou; Guangzhou city; Canton

Etymology

From the name of Guangdong, a province in southeastern China.

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "China. Quántoong" and "Canton. Cánton".

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Orthography	Form
Kanji	広東
Kana	くゎんとぅんくぁんとぅん
New Okinawa Moji	彩ん婢ん
Romanization	kwantun
Pronunciation (IPA)	[kʷan̩tuŋ̍]

意味：カントン【広東】、こうしゅう・クワンチョウ【広州】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 12). くゎんとぅん・くぁんとぅん【広東】 : kwantun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, February 4, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7582/kwantun/.