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Hung Hom

/hoʊŋ hɒm/

Hung Hom proper noun: an area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Hung Hom

  1. An area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • There are Western residents in Hong Kong who argue endlessly about the best place to shop. Go to the manufacturers' outlet stores at the Kaiser Estates in the Hung Hom area for designer labels at bargain prices.1987 July 5, Rudy Maxa, “SHOP TILL YOU DROP”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025
    • But back to snacks that will test that iron stomach. The best places to find “siu sik” (“small eats” in Cantonese) are in the labyrinthine streets Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. There is very little of this in sanitized Central. All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung...2008 April 16, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “What in God’s Name is That? Hong Kong Street Food, Part 1”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, In Transit
  2. 2025 April 25, Edith Lin, “Hong Kong eyes turning Hung Hom waterfront into yacht bay for rich tourists”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2025, Hong Kong / Society
  3. Hong Kong authorities plan to turn the area around a premier concert venue in Hung Hom into a landmark waterfront, complete with a yacht marina and a 50-storey tower equipped with entertainment facilities, over more than a decade.

Examples of Hung Hom in a sentence

  • All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung Hom.2008 April 16, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “What in God’s Name is That? Hong Kong Street Food, Part 1”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • Riot police entered the campus of the Polytechnic University in Hung Hom in the early hours of Monday morning following an almost day-long battle between demonstrators and police.2019 November 18, “HKFP Lens: Hong Kong PolyU engulfed in fierce police-protester battles, as officers enter campus”, in Hong Kong Free...

Forms of Hung Hom

alternative formHunghom

Origin of Hung Hom

From Cantonese 紅磡 /红磡 (hung⁴ ham³).

Questions about Hung Hom

What does Hung Hom mean?
Hung Hom means an area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
How do you use Hung Hom in a sentence?
All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung Hom.
What part of speech is Hung Hom?
Hung Hom is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hung Hom?
Hung Hom is pronounced /hoʊŋ hɒm/.

Words near Hung Hom in the dictionary

  1. hung by a thread
  2. hung by the eyelids
  3. hung fire
  4. hung five
  5. hung heavy
  6. Hung Hom
  7. hung in
  8. hung in the balance
  9. hung juries
  10. hung jury
  11. hung like a bull

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