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Tai Tam

Tai Tam proper noun: an area of Southern district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Tai Tam

  1. An area of Southern district, Hong Kong.
    • In 1899 yet another reservoir had to be built, this one at Wong Nei Chong Gap. It was followed in 1904 by an additional reservoir at Tai Tam.1962, G. B. Endacott, A. Hinton, “Public Works and Transport”, in Fragrant Harbour: A Short History of Hong Kong, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, published 1977, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 127
    • Local historians have launched a search for the family of a British sailor who fought to defend Hong Kong from the Japanese during the second world war, after his Royal Navy ID tag was found on a mountainside in Tai Tam.2015 February 8, Hazel Parry, “ID tag found in Tai Tam sparks search for family of wartime British sailor”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2015, Hong...
  2. A bay of Hong Kong Island in Tai Tam, Southern district, Hong Kong.

Forms of Tai Tam

alternative formTytam

Origin of Tai Tam

From Cantonese 大潭 (daai⁶ taam⁴).

Questions about Tai Tam

What does Tai Tam mean?
Tai Tam means an area of Southern district, Hong Kong.
What part of speech is Tai Tam?
Tai Tam is a proper noun.

Words near Tai Tam in the dictionary

  1. Tai Ping
  2. Tai Ping Shan
  3. Tai Po
  4. Tai Shan
  5. tai tai
  6. Tai Tam
  7. Tai Tham
  8. Tai Yuan
  9. Tai'an
  10. Tai'erzhuang
  11. tai-chi

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