"Kweiyang" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

enPR: gwāʹyängʹ Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 貴陽/贵阳 (Guìyáng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|貴陽}} 貴陽/贵阳 (Guìyáng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kweiyang
  1. Dated form of Guiyang. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: Guiyang
    Sense id: en-Kweiyang-en-name-2yVgiAIB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1943, Hubert Freyn, “Szechwan and Sikang”, in Free China's New Deal, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 157:",
          "text": "To the south, the original road from Chungking to Kweiyang in Kweichow has been supplemented by a second one between Luchow (a Yangtze port above Chungking) and Kunming in Yunnan.",
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