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Kowloon City

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

Proper noun

Kowloon City

  1. An area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • The question of Kowloon City was discussed with Li Hung-chang, Viceroy of Kwantung^([sic – meaning Kwangtung]) and Kwangsi Provinces, when he passed through the colony in July 1900. A Colonial Office official minuted on this, 'We have definitely decided not to allow the City to fall under Chinese...1964 [1958], G. B. Endacott, A History of Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, page 267
    • Her research is, given her circumstances as a visitor, impeccable, although there are inevitably tiny mistakes. These will irk the Hong Kong cognoscenti (Kowloon City, for example, is not at the southern tip of Kowloon Peninsula but to the northeast) yet detract little from the tour de force this...1989 January 15, Martin Booth, “HONG KONG SKYSCRAPERS AND SEA DRAGONS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2024
  2. A district of Hong Kong.

Examples of Kowloon City in a sentence

  • The question of Kowloon City was discussed with Li Hung-chang, Viceroy of Kwantung^([sic – meaning Kwangtung]) and Kwangsi Provinces, when he passed through the colony in July 1900.1964 [1958], G. B. Endacott, A History of Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, page 267:
  • The district of Wong Tai Sin to the north of Kowloon City is known for two things: its enormous and faceless housing estate and one of the most active and interesting temples in the territory.2010, Andrew Stone, Piera Chan, Chung Wah Chow, “Neighbourhoods & Islands”, in Hong Kong & Macau City Guide (Lonely Planet), 14th edition...

Origin of Kowloon City

Calque of Chinese 九龍城 /九龙城 (literally “Kowloon City”).

Questions about Kowloon City

What does Kowloon City mean?
Kowloon City means an area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
How do you use Kowloon City in a sentence?
The question of Kowloon City was discussed with Li Hung-chang, Viceroy of Kwantung^([sic – meaning Kwangtung]) and Kwangsi Provinces, when he passed through the colony in July 1900.
What part of speech is Kowloon City?
Kowloon City is a proper noun.

Words near Kowloon City in the dictionary

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

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