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Lai Chi Kok

Lai Chi Kok proper noun: an area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Lai Chi Kok

  1. An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • An investigation by the UNHCR suggested the boat people taken to Lai Chi Kok were beaten by Correctional Services Department officers with truncheons.1988 August 26 [1988 August 26], Michael Chugani, Simon Macklin, “Human Rights Group Denied Access to Camp”, in Daily Report: China, number 88-166, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from...
    • Wong, 20, is spending the second night of his six-month sentence in Pik Uk high security prison for young male offenders. Law and Chow are at maximum security holding centre Lai Chi Kok.
    • Activists gathered at Lai Chi Kok Friday night including former lawmaker Lee Wing-tat who is one of the nine campaigners facing court next month.2017 August 18, “Hong Kong activists fear more jailings after Wong imprisoned”, in France 24, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020

Origin of Lai Chi Kok

From Cantonese 荔枝角 (lai⁶ zi¹ gok³).

Questions about Lai Chi Kok

What does Lai Chi Kok mean?
Lai Chi Kok means an area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
What part of speech is Lai Chi Kok?
Lai Chi Kok is a proper noun.

Words near Lai Chi Kok in the dictionary

  1. Lahues
  2. Lahug
  3. Lahuli
  4. Lahus
  5. lai
  6. Lai Chi Kok
  7. Lai Chi Vun
  8. Lai Châu
  9. Lai Haraoba
  10. Lai Harauba
  11. lai lai

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