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A Kung Ngam

A Kung Ngam proper noun: an area and village in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

A Kung Ngam

  1. An area and village in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong.
    • From late November through the end of the year, gongs, drums, and firecrackers sounded continuously, from the Tam Kung Temple at A Kung Ngam in the north to the Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road and the Goddess of Mercy Temple on Mount Taiping Street in the west, from the Temple of Mazu at Stanley in...2005, Shu-ching Shih, chapter 8, in Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Howard Goldblatt, transl., City of the Queen: A Novel of Colonial Hong Kong, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41
    • At the A Kung Ngam village in Shau Kei Wan, residents on Wednesday told the Post about the pain they felt over losing the woman, 58, who had lived in the area all her life.2023 April 19, Harvey Kong, “Rural Hong Kong village in shock over death of neighbour who was found unconscious in public hospital toilet, recall fond memories”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN...

Origin of A Kung Ngam

From Cantonese 阿公岩 (aa³ gung¹ ngaam⁴).

Questions about A Kung Ngam

What does A Kung Ngam mean?
A Kung Ngam means an area and village in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong.
What part of speech is A Kung Ngam?
A Kung Ngam is a proper noun.

Words near A Kung Ngam in the dictionary

  1. a jour
  2. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
  3. a kangaroo loose in the top paddock
  4. a kimbow
  5. a kin
  6. A Kung Ngam
  7. a la
  8. a la carte
  9. a la minute
  10. a la mode
  11. A language

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