Punyu

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English

Etymology

From Cantonese 番禺 (pun1 jyu4).

Proper noun

Punyu

  1. Synonym of Panyu
    • 1989, Janice E. Stockard, Daughters of the Canton Delta: Marriage Patterns and Economic Strategies in South China, 1860-1930, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 16:
      The 78-year-old married informant was from Fo Chyun in Punyu, one in a cluster of villages centering on the market town of Loh Gong. All villages in the cluster shared the same surname.
    • 2014, Nicholas Griffin, Ping-Pong Diplomacy, Simon & Schuster, published 2015, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 113:
      Zhuang grew up in Punyu, an impoverished town outside Guangzhou. No one in Punyu could afford a table tennis table.