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Kwun Tong

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

Proper noun

Kwun Tong

  1. An area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
  2. A district of Hong Kong.
    • Mr Li's business interests already extend into the strategic Kwun Tong area after he joined Kumagai Gumi, the main Japanese contractor for the second harbour tunnel, and his present partner CITIC, in developing a multi-billion dollar housing complex in Lam Tin.1987 February 9 [1987 February 9], Lulu Yu, “PRC, Local Group Plan Further Investment”, in Daily Report: China, number 026, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Hong Kong SOUTH CHINA...
    • The paper trail left behind by $2 million (1.38 million pounds) stolen from a hacked Ecuadorian bank runs cold in a windowless gamers’ crash pad in a gritty industrial area of Hong Kong.
      The room, in a former factory in the Kwun Tong district, is the registered address for Jiushun Group Co., Ltd....2016 June 1, Clare Baldwin, Nathan Layne, Tris Pan, “Insight - Trail in Ecuador cyberheist leads to gamers’ crash pad in Hong Kong”, in David Greising, Kevin Krolicki, editors, Reuters, archived from...

Examples of Kwun Tong in a sentence

  • Later in the day, protesters are due to march through the city's eastern district of Kwun Tong.2019 August 23, “Hong Kong protesters form a 'Baltic chain' across the city”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2019...
  • The clashes in the district of Kwun Tong, in eastern Kowloon, were a marked departure from the peaceful, if sometimes tense, gatherings that had taken place over much of the last two weeks.2019 August 24, Raymond Zhong, Steven Lee Myers, “Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas as Protests Turn Violent”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...
  • The construction of the fountain in the city’s Kwun Tong district went ahead despite the district council passing a motion to halt the project last year.2021 April 26, Candice Chau, “Water margins: Hong Kong music fountain with a HK$50 million price tag opens to underwhelmed public”, in Hong...
  • During her 38-year tenure, Winnie Poon made history as the first popularly elected female council member in Kwun Tong district and witnessed the councils become more democratic.2023 December 7, KANIS LEUNG, “Hong Kong’s new election law thins the candidate pool, giving voters little option in Sunday’s polls”, in AP...

Forms of Kwun Tong

alternative formKwuntong

Origin of Kwun Tong

From Cantonese 官塘 (gun¹ tong⁴) or an earlier equivalent.

Questions about Kwun Tong

What does Kwun Tong mean?
Kwun Tong means an area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
How do you use Kwun Tong in a sentence?
Later in the day, protesters are due to march through the city's eastern district of Kwun Tong.
What part of speech is Kwun Tong?
Kwun Tong is a proper noun.

Words near Kwun Tong in the dictionary

  1. Kwons
  2. Kwot
  3. KWS
  4. KWT
  5. kwukyel
  6. Kwun Tong
  7. kwyjibo
  8. kwyjibos
  9. KX
  10. Kx'a
  11. ky

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