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Definition of Canton river
1. Noun. A river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea.
Group relationships: Cathay, China, Communist China, Mainland China, People's Republic Of China, Prc, Red China
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canton River
Literary usage of Canton river
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1882)
"Mr. Colquhoun is said to divide his journey into two parts—the first the " Canton
river," and the second the " Yunnan river." There is no river known to ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"Index sheet of canton river. 1080 Tasmania, north coast :—\ to New chart. ...
Chu Kiang or canton river, sheet V. Whampoa channel and ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1843)
"... fortify 1/ic banks of the canton river—Sir H. Pottinger returns to Canton—Attempt
of the Chinese to retake Ningpo—Rout of the Chinese at Tse-kee. ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"On the canton river, 258. River Boats, 259. Execution of the Pirates, 260. ...
An Old Chinese Fort, canton river, 262. Opium-Smoking, 262. ..."
5. Things Chinese: Or, Notes Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1904)
"Even the poorer classes adorn their humbler dwellings with cheaper specimens of
pictorial art, and scarcely a boat of any pretensions on the canton river ..."
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