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Sham Shui Po

Sham Shui Po proper noun: an area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Sham Shui Po

  1. An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • Another proposal some years ago was for a line to be constructed from Canton to Sham-shui-po near the Cosmopolitan Docks in British territory, on the mainland opposite Hongkong.[1900, J. Dyer Ball, “Railways”, in Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China, 3rd edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 506
    • The rally on Sunday in Victoria Park, in the Causeway Bay district, was authorized in advance by the police. But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point. The police...2019 August 11, Mike Ives, “Hong Kong Protesters Gather Amid Fears of Mob Violence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2019
  2. A district of Hong Kong.
    Synonyms:
    SSP

Examples of Sham Shui Po in a sentence

  • But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point.2019 August 11, Mike Ives, “Hong Kong Protesters Gather Amid Fears of Mob Violence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
  • Sham Shui Po might be one of Hong Kong’s poorest neighbourhoods but it has a rich immigrant history and a glut of fantastic street-food joints.2021 August 18, Lee Cobaj, “Best things to do in Hong Kong”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2021:
  • Lee, a Catholic, grew up poor in Sham Shui Po -- one of wealthy Hong Kong's working-class districts -- but made his way to an elite boys' school run by Jesuits.2022 July 1, “John Lee: the former Hong Kong cop Beijing trusts is sworn in”, in France 24, sourced from Hong Kong (AFP), archived from the...
  • On Au’s rooftop in the gentrifying neighborhood of Sham Shui Po, the metal hut traps heat inside the 300-square-foot space.2022 September 12, Theodora Yu, Louise Delmotte, “Climate change in Hong Kong worsens housing crisis for city’s poor”, in The Washington...

Synonyms of Sham Shui Po

Forms of Sham Shui Po

alternative formShamshuipo

Origin of Sham Shui Po

From Cantonese 深水埗 (sam1 seoi2 bou6-2).

Questions about Sham Shui Po

What does Sham Shui Po mean?
Sham Shui Po means an area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
How do you use Sham Shui Po in a sentence?
But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point.
What part of speech is Sham Shui Po?
Sham Shui Po is a proper noun.

Words near Sham Shui Po in the dictionary

  1. sham Abraham
  2. sham Abram
  3. Sham Chun
  4. sham marriage
  5. sham marriages
  6. Sham Shui Po
  7. shama
  8. shamable
  9. shamably
  10. shamagh
  11. shamaghs

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