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en:Cantonese (linguistics) Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: 粵語; Simplified Chinese: 粤语, Cantonese: Yuet6yue5; Mandarin pinyin: Yueyu, Yụet (Guangdong) language) is one of the major dialect groups or languages of the Chinese language or language family. ...


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Cantonese - definition of Cantonese in Encyclopedia (189 words)
Cuisine of the style historically popularized in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, or broadly, of immigrants abroad who have origins in Guangdong.
The term "Cantonese" clearly derives its origin from "Canton", the old name given by Westerners to Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province.
Most likely, it is a metonymic corruption of the Cantonese pronunciation Gwong Dung, the name of the province, which used to be romanized as Kwang Tung.
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