Canton

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1. Kanton

1. Kanton

Canton englanniksi

1. canton

1. Several places in China:

2. Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.

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4. 1771, :s:EB1|''Encyclopaedia Britannica'', 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 28:

Britannica, First Edition/Canton|(smallcaps) is alſo the name of a large, populous, and wealthy city and port-town of China, ſituated on the river Ta, about fifty miles from the Indian ocean... It is a fortified place, within the walls of which no Chriſtians are permitted to enter, notwithſtanding their great trade thither; it being from thence that they import all manner of Chineſe goods, as china-ware, tea, cabinets, raw and wrought ſilks, gold-duſt, &c.

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8. Guangdong, a province of China.

9. |dated The River, a river in southern China.

10. (place).

11. Several places in the States:

12. (place) (q).

13. (surname).

14. (synonym of) ((place))

15. (obsolete form of)

16. (place)

17. several other places in the States:

18. (place) (q)

19. (foreign name)