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Cantonese definition

Can·ton·ese (kan′tə nēz′, -nēs′)

adjective

of Canton (China) or its people, language, or culture

noun

  1. pl. Cantonese -·ese′ a person born or living in Canton, China
  2. the variety of Chinese spoken in Canton

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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