"Kueichow" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kueichow
  1. Alternative form of Guizhou Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Guizhou
    Sense id: en-Kueichow-en-name-2cDS9qzc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "In bringing the above to the notice of the Throne, the Governor-General of Yünnan and Kueichow states that the bridge thus erected on the upper waters of the Tsuli or Chinshachiang is constructed of iron chains slung across the river and planked over, provided with a parapet and roofed in overhead.",
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          "ref": "1900, Isabella L. Bird, The Yangtze Valley and Beyond, volume 1, →OCLC, →OL, page 9",
          "text": "I saw a dust-storm at Kueichow which lasted for seven hours, burying some hovels and much agricultural country, and even producing a metamorphosis of the rocky bed of the Yangtze. Such storms have been observed as far east as Shanghai, but their occurrence at Kueichow shows that their area is not limited to the Great Plain or even to the region east of the mountain barrier between HUPEH and SZE CHUAN.",
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          "text": "One of those deeds, Liu’s petition to the throne that he be allowed to take Liu Yü-hsi’s place in exile in the distant Po-chou (in modern Kueichow), inspires Han Yü to sermonize at length on the rareness of such generosity.",
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