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Lantau Island

Lantau Island proper noun: an island of Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Lantau Island

  1. An island of Hong Kong.
    • In relatively remote and inaccessible areas like Tung Chung on Lantau Island and the Northern Sai Kung peninsula—where the demand for agricultural land by immigrant farmers and urbanization and industrialization is not so great—the size of farm is not any larger than that of the densely populated...1964, C. T. Wong, “Changes in Agricultural Land Use in Hong Kong”, in S. G. Davis, editor, Land Use Problems in Hong Kong: A Symposium, Hong Kong University Press, page 63
    • To reach Mui Wo, a small town on Lantau Island, you take a ferry from central Hong Kong, and after a 30-minute ride arrive at a small square with a car park and bus stops blackened by fumes.2019 November 22, Ilaria Maria Sala, “After the Protests: How Will Hong Kong Vote?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2019, Opinion
    Synonyms:
    Lantau

Synonyms of Lantau Island

Origin of Lantau Island

From Lantau + island.

Questions about Lantau Island

What does Lantau Island mean?
Lantau Island means an island of Hong Kong.
What part of speech is Lantau Island?
Lantau Island is a proper noun.

Words near Lantau Island in the dictionary

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

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