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Ma Tau Chung

Ma Tau Chung proper noun: an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Ma Tau Chung

  1. An area of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • At last Ti Cheng and Ti Ping and their soldiers and ministers reached Mirs Bay, just east of Hong Kong. From there they moved to Lantao and a little later to Ma Tau Chung in Kowloon. At Ma Tau Chung a palace was built for the young Emperor Ti Cheng. On a nearby hill the Emperor and his brother used...1965, Gwenneth Stokes, “The Last Days of the Sung”, in Hong Kong in History, Hong Kong: Government Printer, →OCLC, page 21
    • In the following months the prisoners were reorganised so that the officers were housed at Argyle Street, the other ranks at Sham Shui Po and the Indians at Ma Tau Chung.1991, Sally Rodwell, “A Flourishing Trading Post”, in Historic Hong Kong: A Visitor's Guide, Hong Kong: Odyssey Guides, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 104

Examples of Ma Tau Chung in a sentence

  • From there they moved to Lantao and a little later to Ma Tau Chung in Kowloon.1965, Gwenneth Stokes, “The Last Days of the Sung”, in Hong Kong in History, Hong Kong: Government Printer, →OCLC, page 21:
  • Soon the link to the Indian prison camp at Ma Tau Chung was exposed, then the drivers to the other camps were hauled in for questioning.1994 October 29, “Death of a spy ring”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2024, Latest:

Origin of Ma Tau Chung

From Cantonese 馬頭涌 (maa⁵ tau⁴ cung¹).

Questions about Ma Tau Chung

What does Ma Tau Chung mean?
Ma Tau Chung means an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
How do you use Ma Tau Chung in a sentence?
From there they moved to Lantao and a little later to Ma Tau Chung in Kowloon.
What part of speech is Ma Tau Chung?
Ma Tau Chung is a proper noun.

Words near Ma Tau Chung in the dictionary

  1. ma ma
  2. ma mas
  3. ma nishtana
  4. ma non troppo
  5. Ma On Shan
  6. Ma Tau Chung
  7. Ma Tovu
  8. Ma Tsu
  9. Ma Wan
  10. ma'abara
  11. ma'abaras

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