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Tytam

Tytam is the alternative form of Tai Tam.

Meaning of Tai Tam

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
  2. A bay of Hong Kong Island in Tai Tam, Southern district, Hong Kong.

Origin of Tytam

From Cantonese 大潭 (daai⁶ taam⁴).

Questions about Tytam

What is Tytam the alternative form of?
Tytam is the alternative form of Tai Tam.

Words near Tytam in the dictionary

  1. tyste
  2. tystes
  3. tystie
  4. tysties
  5. tyt
  6. Tytam
  7. tythe
  8. tythed
  9. Tytherington
  10. Tytherington and Itchington
  11. tythes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tytam (page history and authors); Tai Tam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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