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Chik Hom

Chik Hom is the dated form of Chikan.

Meaning of Chikan

Proper noun

Chikan

  1. A town in Kaiping, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.
    • Close to 4,000 households are being forced out of a centuries-old town on the western edge of the Pearl River Delta by their local government, which has teamed up with an investment firm to turn it into a tourist attraction.
      It’s not what the residents of Chikan’s old town expected when the nearby...2017 August 28, He Huifeng, “Families who’ve lived in old Chinese town for generations being kicked out to make way for tourists”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
    Synonyms:
    Chek Hom, Chekhom, Chik Hom, Chikhom

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Forms of Chik Hom

alternative formChikhom

Origin of Chik Hom

From Cantonese 赤坎 (cek3 ham2).

Questions about Chik Hom

What is Chik Hom the dated form of?
Chik Hom is the dated form of Chikan.

Words near Chik Hom in the dictionary

  1. Chihuahuan ravens
  2. Chihuahuans
  3. chihuahuas
  4. chii
  5. chik
  6. Chik Hom
  7. Chika
  8. Chikako
  9. Chikaming
  10. chikan
  11. chikanda

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