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Tai O

Tai O proper noun: a fishing town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Tai O

  1. A fishing town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • A short ride down the hill by bus is the fishing village of Tai O, once the source of most of the colony's salt, now surrounded by abandoned salt pans through which white herons carefully pick their way. With its houses on stilts over the numerous narrow creeks running through the town, Tai O seems...1991 October 13, Simon Elegant, “Hong Kong's Other Islands”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2024, Travel
    • The Tian Tan Buddha is on Lantau Island, west of the airport — nearly as far as Tai O.2016, Amelia Autin, A Father's Desperate Rescue, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 194
  2. A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples of Tai O in a sentence

  • With its houses on stilts over the numerous narrow creeks running through the town, Tai O seems untouched by Hong Kong's frenzied commercialism.1991 October 13, Simon Elegant, “Hong Kong's Other Islands”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan...
  • Villagers of flood-prone Tai O have begun preparations for what could be one of the strongest storms to hit Hong Kong since records began.2018 September 15, Jennifer Creery, “Residents of flood-prone Tai O brace for Super Typhoon Mangkhut as some choose to stay put”, in Hong...

Origin of Tai O

From Cantonese 大澳 (daai⁶ ou³).

Questions about Tai O

What does Tai O mean?
Tai O means a fishing town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
How do you use Tai O in a sentence?
With its houses on stilts over the numerous narrow creeks running through the town, Tai O seems untouched by Hong Kong's frenzied commercialism.
What part of speech is Tai O?
Tai O is a proper noun.

Words near Tai O in the dictionary

  1. Tai Kok Tsui
  2. Tai Laing
  3. Tai Lake
  4. Tai Long
  5. Tai Long Wan
  6. Tai O
  7. Tai Ping
  8. Tai Ping Shan
  9. Tai Po
  10. Tai Shan
  11. tai tai

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