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Hoifung

Hoifung proper noun: synonym of Haifeng: the Cantonese-derived name.

Proper noun

Hoifung

  1. Synonym of Haifeng: the Cantonese-derived name.
    • The capture, by the Taipings, of the Hoifung and Lukfung district cities (in the N.E. of Hongkong) in September, 1854, seriously interfered, for a time, with the market supplies of the Colony.1895, E. J. Eitel, Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882, London: Luzac & Company, →OCLC, page 303
    • The railway from Canton to Kowloon reaches Tolo harbour in Mirs bay. The road from Waichow to Hoifung connects various centres some distance inland. It is of moderate quality and capable of carrying arms and transport to Pingshan, east of which it becomes very poor. There are branch roads from...1944, China Proper, Volume I: Physical Geography, History and Peoples, Naval Intelligence Division, →OCLC, page 149
    Synonyms:
    Haifeng

Examples of Hoifung in a sentence

  • The road from Waichow to Hoifung connects various centres some distance inland.1944, China Proper, Volume I: Physical Geography, History and Peoples, Naval Intelligence Division, →OCLC, page 149:
  • It will be noticed that in the chapters on China we have not described the situation as it is known in southern China, particularly around Hong Kong and Hoifung.1959, Walter A. Fairservis, Jr., The Origins of Oriental Civilization, The New American Library, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 137:

Synonyms of Hoifung

Origin of Hoifung

From Cantonese 海豐 /海丰 (hoi² fung¹).

Questions about Hoifung

What does Hoifung mean?
Hoifung means synonym of Haifeng: the Cantonese-derived name.
How do you use Hoifung in a sentence?
The road from Waichow to Hoifung connects various centres some distance inland.
What part of speech is Hoifung?
Hoifung is a proper noun.

Words near Hoifung in the dictionary

  1. hoidened
  2. hoidenhood
  3. hoidening
  4. hoidenish
  5. hoidens
  6. Hoifung
  7. Hoigné's syndrome
  8. hoiho
  9. hoihos
  10. Hoihow
  11. hoik

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