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Lo Wu

Lo Wu proper noun: an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong, on the border with China proper.

Proper noun

Lo Wu

  1. An area in the New Territories of Hong Kong, on the border with China proper.
    • Any passengers travelling beyond Lo Wu must alight there for examination by British Constabulary (the actual personnel may be Chinese) and then walk over the river bridge to the Chinese Government posts.1954 October, 'Boscawen', “The Kowloon-Canton Railway of Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 712

Origin of Lo Wu

From Cantonese 羅湖 /罗湖 (lo⁴ wu⁴).

Questions about Lo Wu

What does Lo Wu mean?
Lo Wu means an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong, on the border with China proper.
What part of speech is Lo Wu?
Lo Wu is a proper noun.

Words near Lo Wu in the dictionary

  1. lo hei
  2. Lo Iacono
  3. lo mein
  4. lo mein loophole
  5. lo pak
  6. Lo Wu
  7. Lo'd
  8. lo-cal
  9. lo-fi
  10. Lo-ho
  11. lo-lo

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