Guigang en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- gwā′gäng′
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 貴港 /贵港 (Guìgǎng).
Meanings
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A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Early offerings--many of them packaged in sultry covers featuring buxom women in silk pajamas--were huge sellers. But when copycats and counterfeiters drove down margins, Chan switched to real estate, snapping up 200 acres of land in the city of Guigang and erecting dozens of office towers and residential developments. Among his most ambitious recent projects: a luxury Guigang housing complex dubbed "Wealthy Persons' New Town."[…] Chan's business partners swear he's loaded, an assessment shared by some of Guangxi's most influential citizens.
2000 August 1, Clay Chandler, “A Golden Goose in Red China? Entrepreneur Bets Millions That Foie Gras Will Fatten Export Figures”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017:The site, however, is relatively close to Guigang, a city with a river port and waterway connections to the Pearl River Delta, one of the world’s most densely populated regions.
2018 May 10, Dominique Patton, “China's multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels”, in Tom Hogue, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2019, Business News:
Synonyms
Gui Xian · Gui County · Guixian
Translations (3)
yue 貴港 /贵港 (a prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China) · cmn 貴港 /贵港 (a prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China) · hu Kujkang (a prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China)