Kowloon Tong

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 九龍塘九龙塘 (gau2 lung4 tong4).

Proper noun

Kowloon Tong

  1. A residential area in Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • 2007 June 24, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Hong Kong Is Reshaped by Mainlanders”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-06-05, Asia Pacific:
      At the mountain’s base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors — and important changes.
    • 2019 October 6, Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin, “Ignoring a ban on face masks, masked Hong Kongers march in huge numbers”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 7, 2019, Asia & Pacific:
      Personnel on the roof of the barracks of the People’s Liberation Army in the Kowloon Tong neighborhood raised a yellow flag warning marchers they were breaking the law and could be prosecuted — the first time protesters have elicited a reaction from the Chinese military.

Synonyms

  • (obsolete) Kau Lung Tong

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