"Guiyang" meaning in All languages combined

See Guiyang on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Kuei-yang [alternative], Kweiyang [alternative]
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴陽 /贵阳 (Guìyáng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|貴陽||tr=Guìyáng}} Mandarin 貴陽 /贵阳 (Guìyáng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Guiyang
  1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Guizhou, in southwestern China. Categories (place): Cities in China, Cities in Guizhou, China, Places in China, Places in Guizhou, China Translations (a prefecture-level city in southwestern China): جُوي يَانْغ (guy yānḡ) [masculine] (Arabic), غُويْيَانْغ (guyyang) [masculine] (Arabic), Gvisyuangz (Bouyei), 貴陽 /贵阳 (gwai³ joeng⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 貴陽 /贵阳 (Guìyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), Kujjang (Hungarian), 貴陽 (Kiyō) (alt: きよう) (Japanese), 구이양 (Gu'iyang) (Korean), Гуијанг (Guijang) [masculine] (Macedonian), ᡤᡠᡳ ᠶᠠᠩ (gui yang) (Manchu), Гуйя́н (Gujján) [masculine] (Russian), Quý Dương (Vietnamese), Gveiyangz (Zhuang)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Forms: Kuei-yang [alternative], Kweiyang [alternative]
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 桂陽 /桂阳 (Guìyáng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{der|en|zh|桂陽||tr=Guìyáng}} Chinese 桂陽 /桂阳 (Guìyáng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Guiyang
  1. (historical) A former commandery of late imperial China. Tags: historical Categories (place): Places in China Translations (Translations): 桂陽 /桂阳 (Guìyáng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Guiyang-en-name-cOPY6XxM Categories (other): Former political divisions
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "cmn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "桂陽",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "Guìyáng"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 桂陽 /桂阳 (Guìyáng)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 桂陽 /桂阳 (Guìyáng).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kuei-yang",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kweiyang",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Guiyang",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "en:Former political divisions",
        "en:Places in China"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A former commandery of late imperial China."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commandery",
          "commandery"
        ],
        [
          "imperial",
          "imperial"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A former commandery of late imperial China."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Guìyáng",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "桂陽 /桂阳"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Guiyang"
  ],
  "word": "Guiyang"
}

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