"Sunwui" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1920, H. Atherton Lee, L. B. Scott, “Are Valencia Oranges From China?”, in The Journal of Heredity, volume XI, number 7, Washington, D.C.: American Genetic Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 329",
          "text": "In 1918 the senior writer visited southern China in continuance of citrus canker studies. At Sunwui, Kwangtung Province, near Hong Kong, fruits were observed which very closely resembled one strain of the Valencia as grown in California, and fruits were collected as specimens for identification in Washington.",
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          "ref": "1988, Jean-Paul Wiest, Maryknoll in China: A History, 1918-1955, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 164",
          "text": "Within a few months, the regional grapevine carried news of these \"red-haired devils\"—a Chinese term for Caucasians—who restored life and hope to the lepers in the graveyards of Sunwui.",
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          "ref": "1995, Vivienne Poy, “Prince of Zhau”, in A River Named Lee, Scarborough, Ontario: Calyan Publishing, →OCLC, →OL, page 3",
          "text": "As a little girl, whenever I bowed to my ancestors in our ancestral hall in the Big House, I was fascinated by the plaque on the altar that related the origin of our family I had thought that my family came from Hong Kong, but in fact we came from Honan province in north China. My ancestors moved first to Sunwui in south China, and then to Hong Kong.",
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          "ref": "2010, A. Robert Lee, Modern American Counter Writing: Beats, Outriders, Ethnics, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 178",
          "text": "Among quite the most striking of the assembled poems has to be “Aerogrammes,” a five-part sequence developed from Leong’s visit from Los Angeles to Sunwui County, Guandong, in 1984.",
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, “NYC Chinatown resident and businessman Uncle Lou opens new restaurant”, in Cision, archived from the original on 2022-01-12",
          "text": "The extensive menu is big by design. The “loh wah kiu favorites” takes grandparents back to the Cantonese villages in Toisan, Sunwui, Enping, and Hoiping.",
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