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Po Toi

Po Toi proper noun: an island group of Islands district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Po Toi

  1. An island group of Islands district, Hong Kong.
  2. An island of Po Toi, Islands district, Hong Kong.
    • Mr Blair-Kerr went on to say that the place where the offence occurred was just off Brick Hill, or Wong Chuk Hang, near Aberdeen. The complainant, Chan For-tai, would give evidence that he, his wife, mother and two brothers, set off in their fishing junk about 2 a.m., on January 5 to fish. They...1954 April 5, “Sequel To Raid On Aberdeen Fishing Junk”, in China Mail, number 35783, →OCLC, page 10, column 6
    • The cargo ship Zhong Xing 2 sank after the collision with the 300-m- (984-ft-) long Marshall Islands-registered MOL Motivator about two nautical miles southwest of Po Toi Island, a spokeswoman of the Hong Kong Maritime Department said.2014 May 5, Alice Woodhouse, “Eleven crew missing after ships collide off Hong Kong”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2024

Examples of Po Toi in a sentence

  • They sailed south from Aberdeen, then eastwards towards Wong Chuk Hang, and were heading for an island further south, Po Toi.1954 April 5, “Sequel To Raid On Aberdeen Fishing Junk”, in China Mail, number 35783, →OCLC, page 10, column 6:
  • One person was rescued following the 3 a.m. accident about three miles off Po Toi Island, which is just southeast of Hong Kong Island in the South China Sea.2014 May 5, Gerry Mullany, Keith Bradsher, “11 Missing After Cargo Ships Collide Near Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • They called him three days ago from a bar in Po Toi.2017, Mark Greaney, Gunmetal Gray, Penguin Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 70:

Origin of Po Toi

From Cantonese 蒲台 (pou⁴ toi⁴).

Questions about Po Toi

What does Po Toi mean?
Po Toi means an island group of Islands district, Hong Kong.
How do you use Po Toi in a sentence?
They sailed south from Aberdeen, then eastwards towards Wong Chuk Hang, and were heading for an island further south, Po Toi.
What part of speech is Po Toi?
Po Toi is a proper noun.

Words near Po Toi in the dictionary

  1. po
  2. PO Box
  3. PO boxes
  4. po po
  5. po pos
  6. Po Toi
  7. Po valley
  8. po'
  9. po' boy
  10. po' boy bread
  11. po' boys

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