Kwangchowan

[kwahng-choh-wahn, kwang-; Chin. gwahng-joh-wahn]

noun

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Kwangchowan (ˈkwæŋˈtʃaʊˈwɑːn)

—n
	a territory of SE China, in SW Kwantung province: leased to France as part of French Indochina from 1898 to 1945. Area: 842 sq km (325 sq miles)

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