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Lam Tin

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

Proper noun

Lam Tin

  1. An area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • Sau Mau Ping and Lam Tin are not the only contributors to the growth of the hinterland of Kwuntong. In all, government housing projects on the east side of Kowloon Bay, counting only those to the south of Ping Shek, and not including Kwuntong itself, have a total population of about 400,000 people...1977, Frank Leeming, “Kwuntong”, in Street Studies in Hong Kong: Localities in a Chinese City (East Asian Social Science Monographs), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 127
    • The Hong Kong government imposed a third “ambush-style” lockdown at a housing estate in Lam Tin on Sunday night, as two building blocks recorded 15 coronavirus infections in 12 days.2021 February 1, Candice Chau, “In Pictures: Hong Kong imposes third overnight Covid-19 lockdown, no cases found after 400 tested”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2021
  2. A village of Tsing Yi Rural Committee, Kwai Tsing district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    Synonyms:
    Lam Tin Tsuen

Examples of Lam Tin in a sentence

  • Sau Mau Ping and Lam Tin are not the only contributors to the growth of the hinterland of Kwuntong.1977, Frank Leeming, “Kwuntong”, in Street Studies in Hong Kong: Localities in a Chinese City (East Asian Social Science Monographs)...
  • The accident occurred after midday near a tunnel entrance on Tseung Kwan O Road in Lam Tin, a residential area in Kowloon.2023 March 24, Kanis Leung, “Hong Kong traffic accident leaves 87 people injured”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Synonyms of Lam Tin

  • Lam Tin Tsuen

Origin of Lam Tin

From Cantonese 藍田 /蓝田 (laam⁴ tin⁴).

Questions about Lam Tin

What does Lam Tin mean?
Lam Tin means an area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
How do you use Lam Tin in a sentence?
Sau Mau Ping and Lam Tin are not the only contributors to the growth of the hinterland of Kwuntong.
What part of speech is Lam Tin?
Lam Tin is a proper noun.

Words near Lam Tin in the dictionary

  1. lam
  2. lam chau
  3. lam into
  4. lam off
  5. lam out
  6. Lam Tin
  7. Lam-an
  8. Lam.
  9. lama
  10. Lamacchia
  11. Lamacchias

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