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- Chinese/Japanese: 廣州 (Guǎngzhōu / Koushuu)
Guangzhou, historically known in English as Canton, is a major port city in southern China, and was from the 18th-19th centuries the chief port where Westerners - in particular the British East India Company - engaged in trade in China.
Name
The name Canton derives from an Anglicized, or European, pronunciation & spelling of Guangdong, the province within which Guangzhou is located.
History
References
- Albert M. Craig, The Heritage of Chinese Civilization, Third Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 118.
