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Gui⋅zhou

[gwee-joh]
–noun Pinyin.
1. Also, Kweichow. a province in S China. 17,140,000; 67,181 sq. mi. (173,999 sq. km). Capital: Guiyang.
2. former name of Fengjie.

Feng⋅jie

[fœng-jyœ]
–noun Pinyin.
a city in E Sichuan province, in S central China, on the Chang Jiang. 250,000.
Also, Wade-Giles, Feng⋅chieh [fuhng-jyuh] ; Older Spelling, Feng⋅kieh [fuhng-gyuh, -jyuh] .
Formerly, Guizhou.
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Gui·zhou   (gwē'jō')   
A province of southwest China. It passed under Chinese suzerainty in the 10th century and became a province in the 17th century. Guiyang is the capital. Population: 35,200,000.
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