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Lukfung

Lukfung proper noun: synonym of Lufeng.

Proper noun

Lukfung

  1. Synonym of Lufeng.
    • We had not, at that time, Catechists enough to follow up the movement energetically. But the people themselves asked a Christian from Lukfung to teach them the Gospel, which he did as well as he was able.1878, Report of the Basel German Evangelical Missionary Society for 1877, Mangalore: Basel Mission Press, page 69
    • The capture, by the Taipings, of the Hoifung and Lukfung district cities (in the N.E. of Hongkong) in September, 1854, seriously interfered, for a time, with the market supplies of the Colony.1895, E. J. Eitel, Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882, London: Luzac & Company, page 303
    Synonyms:
    Lufeng

Synonyms of Lukfung

Origin of Lukfung

An atonal romanization of Cantonese 陸豐 /陆丰 (luk6 fung1).

Questions about Lukfung

What does Lukfung mean?
Lukfung means synonym of Lufeng.
What part of speech is Lukfung?
Lukfung is a proper noun.

Words near Lukfung in the dictionary

  1. lukewarmists
  2. lukewarmly
  3. lukewarmness
  4. lukewarmnesses
  5. lukewarmth
  6. Lukfung
  7. Lukic
  8. Lukics
  9. Lukiiko
  10. Lukiko
  11. Lukin

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