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Cheung Chau

Cheung Chau proper noun: an island of Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Cheung Chau

  1. An island of Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • One morning, I took the ferry to Cheung Chau, a speck of land southwest of Hong Kong Island. There it was even easier to forget that just six miles away, barricades were being set up in anticipation of a major protest in Mong Kok.2019 November 19, Sebastian Modak, “We Put Hong Kong on the 52 Places to Go List. Things Got Complicated.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2019, Travel
    • Hong Kong’s iconic bun festival attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Cheung Chau on Wednesday, a public holiday marking Buddha’s Birthday.2024 May 16, Kyle Lam, “HKFP Lens: Hong Kong’s bun festival draws crowds to Cheung Chau”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 17 May 2024, HKFP Lens
  2. A market town of Cheung Chau Rural Committee, Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  3. A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Origin of Cheung Chau

From Cantonese 長洲 /长洲 (coeng⁴ zau¹).

Questions about Cheung Chau

What does Cheung Chau mean?
Cheung Chau means an island of Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
What part of speech is Cheung Chau?
Cheung Chau is a proper noun.

Words near Cheung Chau in the dictionary

  1. cheugiest
  2. cheuginess
  3. cheugs
  4. cheugy
  5. Cheung
  6. Cheung Chau
  7. cheung fun
  8. Cheung Sha Wan
  9. Cheungs
  10. cheups
  11. cheupsed

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