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Kowloon

/kaʊˈluːn/

Kowloon proper noun: a region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Kowloon

  1. A region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong.
    • Holonyms: HKSAR, HK (region) < PRC, People's Republic of China, China
    • By the late 1930's some modern factories, built by outside interests and producing such goods as bricks, beer, and chinaware for export abroad, had already appeared in Tsuen Wan, a market town near Kowloon.1968, Jack M. Potter, “The Setting”, in Capitalism and the Chinese Peasant: Social and Economic Change in a Hong Kong Village, University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 36

Kowloon meaning in Thai and Vietnamese

Kowloon in Thai

area of Hong Kong
เกาลูน kao-lun

Kowloon in Vietnamese

area of Hong Kong
Cửu Long

Examples of Kowloon in a sentence

  • Two cars suspected of being those used in the attacks were later found burning in nearby areas of Kowloon.2015 January 12, Austin Ramzy, “Firebombs Thrown at Jimmy Lai’s Home and Company in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • Several protesters took up positions on the rooftops of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, armed with bows and arrows, as unrest spread across the territory's central Kowloon district.2019 November 17, “Hong Kong protesters fend off police with arrows, petrol bombs as unrest spreads”, in France 24, sourced from Reuters...
  • Hong Kong authorities evacuated at least 3,400 people from buildings after a fire broke out in a warehouse in the city's Kowloon district on Friday.2023 March 24, “Hong Kong warehouse fire forces thousands to evacuate”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2023...

Origin of Kowloon

From Cantonese 九龍 /九龙 (gau² lung⁴, literally “nine dragons”), named after its eight mountains and the Chinese emperor Zhao Bing (1272–1279).

Words formed from Kowloon

Phrases with Kowloon

Questions about Kowloon

What does Kowloon mean?
Kowloon means a region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong.
What is Kowloon in Thai?
Kowloon in Thai is เกาลูน (kao-lun). See Kowloon meaning in Thai.
How do you use Kowloon in a sentence?
Two cars suspected of being those used in the attacks were later found burning in nearby areas of Kowloon.
What part of speech is Kowloon?
Kowloon is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kowloon?
Kowloon is pronounced /kaʊˈluːn/.

Words near Kowloon in the dictionary

  1. kowhais
  2. Kowitz
  3. Kowitzes
  4. kowl
  5. kowliang
  6. Kowloon
  7. Kowloon Bay
  8. Kowloon City
  9. Kowloon Tong
  10. Kowloon Tsai
  11. Kowloonside

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