"Wanfow" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Cantonese 雲浮/云浮 (wan⁴ fau⁴). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|雲浮|tr=wan⁴ fau⁴}} Cantonese 雲浮/云浮 (wan⁴ fau⁴) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wanfow
  1. Synonym of Yunfu: the Cantonese-derived name Synonyms: Yunfu [synonym, synonym-of]

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          "ref": "1944 October 11, “Sino Counterblows Send Nips Reeling”, in The Stars and Stripes Mediterranean, Italy, →OCLC, page 1",
          "text": "The towns fell to Chinese troops who cut to the rear of the Japanese drive at a point near the Kwangtung-Kwangsi border. They were Loting, south of Wuchow, treaty port from which the Japs are heading westward towards Kweilin, and Wanfow, an adjoining community.",
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          "ref": "1954, Review of Hong Kong Chinese Press, →OCLC, page 9",
          "text": "Only two years ago, he was still a student in the \"First Middle School of Takhing\", but was forced to leave school and return to Wanfow because his father, a landlord, was expropriated from all his land by the Communists during the \"agrarian reform\" and later died.",
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          "ref": "1955, Union Research Service, volume 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2",
          "text": "When interrogating their prospects, some cadres spoke so curtly and carelessly that their questions provoked only laughter. For example, the following conversation occurred between a Party cadre and a member-prospect in Wanfow County:",
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          "ref": "1988, Jean-Paul Wiest, Maryknoll in China: A History, 1918-1955, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 218",
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