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Lantau

Lantau proper noun: synonym of Lantau Island.

Proper noun

Lantau

  1. Synonym of Lantau Island.
    • In the later Ching period there were at least three military installations on Lantau 一 at Tung Chung, Tai O and Fan Lau, another on Cheung Chau, and a considerable number of troops in the Kowloon Walled City.1964, J. W. Hayes, “Notes and Queries: The Tung Chung Fort”, in Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, volume 4, page 149
    • Only a couple of square km in size, Cheung Chau — ‘long island’ in Cantonese — is 10 km west of Hong Kong, off the south-east tip of Lantau. Archaeological digs have shown that Cheung Chau, like Lamma and Lantau, was inhabited in prehistoric times.1986, Carol Clewlow, Hong Kong, Macau & Canton: A Travel Survival Kit, 4th edition, Lonely Planet Publications, page 111
    Synonyms:
    Lantau Island

Examples of Lantau in a sentence

  • Cheung Sha is a popular beach on Lantau, only a short taxi or bus ride from the Silvermine Bay ferry pier.2006, “Hong Kong Beaches”, in The New York Times, Fodor's, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, Travel:
  • The Ngong Ping Sewage Treatment Works (NPSTW) on Lantau is the first tertiary sewage treatment and reclaimed water facility built in Hong Kong.2011 May 5, Derek P. T. Yue, S. L. Tang, “Sustainable strategies on water supply management in Hong Kong”, in Water and Environment...

Synonyms of Lantau

Forms of Lantau

alternative formLantao
alternative formLan Tao
alternative formLan Tau

Origin of Lantau

Borrowed from Cantonese 爛頭 /烂头 (laan⁶ tau⁴, literally “broken head”), referring to the Lantau Peak on the island.

Phrases with Lantau

Questions about Lantau

What does Lantau mean?
Lantau means synonym of Lantau Island.
How do you use Lantau in a sentence?
Cheung Sha is a popular beach on Lantau, only a short taxi or bus ride from the Silvermine Bay ferry pier.
What part of speech is Lantau?
Lantau is a proper noun.

Words near Lantau in the dictionary

  1. lantanum
  2. lantanurate
  3. lantanuric acid
  4. Lantao
  5. Lantapan
  6. Lantau
  7. Lantau Island
  8. Lantawan
  9. lanted
  10. Lanteglos
  11. Lantenay

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