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Ngau Tau Kok

Ngau Tau Kok proper noun: an area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Ngau Tau Kok

  1. An area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • An old Hakka woman, who was married into the Hakka stone-cutters’ settlement of Ngau Tau Kok in East Kowloon at the age of 9 in 1897, recalls that her sister-in-law bought hemp in Kowloon City market and brought it home to weave, took it back to Kowloon Street to be dyed and later brought it back...1983, James Hayes, “Itinerant Weavers and the Cultivation of Hemp and Indigo”, in The Rural Communities of Hong Kong: Studies and Themes, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages...
    • Deep in the working-class housing district of Ngau Tau Kok, Mr. Tong and his three officers were exasperated. They had visited 10 likely sites for sellers of pirated music CD's but had come up empty-handed.1995 February 27, Edward A. Gargan, “Pirate's Bazaar Thrives in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Business Day, page 1

Examples of Ngau Tau Kok in a sentence

  • Her husband’s family were Hakkas from near Taàm-shui and they had then been in Ngau Tau Kok for three generations.1983, James Hayes, “Itinerant Weavers and the Cultivation of Hemp and Indigo”, in The Rural Communities of Hong Kong: Studies and Themes...
  • The inferno at the Amoycan Industrial Centre in Ngau Tau Kok was brought under control at 7.38pm, more than 80 hours after it broke out on Tuesday, ­killing two firefighters over two days.2016 June 24, Christy Leung, Emily Tsang, Phila Siu, “Killer Ngau Tau Kok fire tamed after 80 hours”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN...
  • The first phase of LPH scheme includes projects on Yau Pok Road in Yuen Long and Choi Hing Road in Ngau Tau Kok, with units available from the first quarter of 2025.2024 July 15, James Lee, “Hong Kong ‘light public housing’ scheme receives 9,600 applications for 4,400 flats”, in Hong Kong Free Press...

Forms of Ngau Tau Kok

alternative formNgautaukok

Origin of Ngau Tau Kok

From Cantonese 牛頭角 /牛头角 (ngau⁴ tau⁴ gok³).

Questions about Ngau Tau Kok

What does Ngau Tau Kok mean?
Ngau Tau Kok means an area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
How do you use Ngau Tau Kok in a sentence?
Her husband’s family were Hakkas from near Taàm-shui and they had then been in Ngau Tau Kok for three generations.
What part of speech is Ngau Tau Kok?
Ngau Tau Kok is a proper noun.

Words near Ngau Tau Kok in the dictionary

  1. Ngasekpam
  2. Ngasepam
  3. Ngaterian
  4. Ngatshang
  5. Ngau Chi Wan
  6. Ngau Tau Kok
  7. Ngauranga
  8. Ngauruhoe
  9. Ngawa
  10. ngawha
  11. ngawhas

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