Definition of "Yue"

Yue

/ˈjuːeɪ/

proper noun
1. The modern Sinitic language which includes Cantonese (Canton) dialect.
  Quotations
  The Yue dialects are popularly known as the Cantonese dialects. [...] The speech of Canton City, which is Cantonese in its narrower sense, is the best known and most generally esteemed of the Yue dialects.
  1989, S. Robert Ramsey, The Languages of China, page 98
  One form of Yue—that of Canton—has provided an umbrella term for the whole [language] complex—Cantonese.
  2000, George L. Campbell, “YUE (Cantonese)”, in Compendium of the World's Languages, page 1793
2. People who speak Yue, such as the Cantonese and Taishanese.
  Quotations
  If there is a well-defined subgroup of the Han Chinese today, it is the Yue.
  1989, S. Robert Ramsey, The Languages of China, page 98
3. Any of several ancient Tai peoples of what is now Guangdong province, or their languages.
noun
1. (ceramics) Yue ware, a southern Chinese style of celadon-glazed stoneware.