"Szeyap" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Cantonese 四邑 (sei3 jap1). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|四邑|tr=sei3 jap1}} Cantonese 四邑 (sei3 jap1) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Szeyap
  1. Synonym of Siyi Synonyms: Siyi [synonym, synonym-of]
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          "ref": "1926 March 27, “News from South China”, in The China Weekly Review, volume XXXVI, number 4, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 98:",
          "text": "The Sunning Railroad, connecting Peikai and Towshan, by way of Kongmoon and inland tawns of Szeyap districts, had to suspend operation again on March 12, because of lack of coal, for the import of which by way of Hongkong is still being interfered with by pickets of the Canton Strike Committee enforcing the “anti-imperialist” boycott.",
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          "ref": "1985, Grace Pung Guthrie, A School Divided: An Ethnography of Bilingual Education in a Chinese Community, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, →ISBN, page 33:",
          "text": "These sojourners were quite a homogeneous group in language, culture, family, and socioeconomic status. Practically all of them were peasants from the arid Szeyap (i.e., \"four districts\") area southwest of Canton, the capital city of the province of Kwangtung.",
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          "ref": "2016, Amy Lively, “CHINESE IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA”, in Jonathan H. X. Lee, editor, Chinese Americans: The History and Culture of a People, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 68:",
          "text": "Chinese immigrants, many of them from the Szeyap region of southern China, were actively recruited to take the place of slave labor. By 1880, just over 50 Chinese immigrants were living in Mississippi. However, the Chinese quickly learned that there was little money to be made as plantation workers and many turned to owning and operating grocery stores as a means of financial survival.",
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