"Kityang" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 揭陽/揭阳 (kit3 joeng4). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|yue|-}} Borrowed from Cantonese, {{zh-l|揭陽|tr=kit3 joeng4}} 揭陽/揭阳 (kit3 joeng4) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kityang
  1. Synonym of Jieyang Synonyms: Jieyang [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Kityang-en-name-zgN-dSWv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1907, Jacob Speicher, The Conquest of the Cross in China, Fleming H. Revell Company, page 54:",
          "text": "The coolie class from Kityang and Swatow Districts emigrated in large numbers to the French possessions of Anam and Cochin-China, a fact which gave the French colonial officials the opportunity of exercising a great influence in the Swatow District. Sometimes these emigrants would return to their native country as French subjects or converts of the Roman Catholic Church and would be a source of annoyance to the government, which, of course, could exercise no authority over them.",
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          "ref": "1946, Ada P. Stearns, The Magnolia Tree is Blooming: Missionary Service during the War Years 1937-1945, New York: Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, page 6:",
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