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Pat Heung

Pat Heung proper noun: an area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Pat Heung

  1. An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • Mr. Aitken assisting at Mass at a church in Pat Heung, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Mr. Aitken said he had immersed himself in the city’s Roman Catholic community as a way of feeding a spiritual hunger.2017 September 9, Mike Ives, “Ex-Inmate Takes to Hong Kong’s Airwaves, and Prisoners Tune In”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2017, Asia Pacific
    • They were then driven to a hillside near Tai Wo Tsuen village in the New Territories’ Pat Heung area, where they were pushed into a shipping container that had been turned into an office and used to store construction materials.2021 December 9, “Hong Kong police arrest man over toddler, domestic helper kidnap attempt at Cyberport”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2021, Hong...
  2. A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples of Pat Heung in a sentence

  • Ocean Park has adopted a 35kg crocodile which was found in Pat Heung on Sunday.2023 May 2, Tom Grundy, “1.9 metre crocodile found in Hong Kong village seized and transferred to Ocean Park”, in Hong Kong Free Press...
  • Two masked knifemen robbed a garage in Pat Heung in a brazen minute-long heist captured on security footage early Monday.2026 January 16, “Masked knifemen rob garage in Pat Heung”, in The Standard, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2026:

Origin of Pat Heung

From Cantonese 八鄉 /八乡 (baat³ hoeng¹).

Questions about Pat Heung

What does Pat Heung mean?
Pat Heung means an area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
How do you use Pat Heung in a sentence?
Ocean Park has adopted a 35kg crocodile which was found in Pat Heung on Sunday.
What part of speech is Pat Heung?
Pat Heung is a proper noun.

Words near Pat Heung in the dictionary

  1. Paszkiewicz
  2. Paszkiewiczes
  3. pat
  4. Pat and Mick
  5. pat down
  6. Pat Heung
  7. pat leave
  8. pat leaves
  9. pat on the back
  10. pat slide
  11. pat slides

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