A Kung Ngam

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 阿公岩.

Proper noun

A Kung Ngam

1. An area and village in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong.
   • 2005, Shu-ching Shih, chapter 8, in Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Howard Goldblatt, transl., City of the Queen: A Novel of Colonial Hong Kong‎^[1], New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41:

     From late November through the end of the year, gongs, drums, and firecrackers sounded continuously, from the Tam Kung Temple at A Kung Ngam in the north to the Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road and the Goddess of Mercy Temple on Mount Taiping Street in the west, from the Temple of Mazu at Stanley in the south to Dawang Temple on Wan Chai Road in the east.

   • 2023 April 19, Harvey Kong, “Rural Hong Kong village in shock over death of neighbour who was found unconscious in public hospital toilet, recall fond memories”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 April 2023, Health & Environment‎^[3]:

     At the A Kung Ngam village in Shau Kei Wan, residents on Wednesday told the Post about the pain they felt over losing the woman, 58, who had lived in the area all her life.

   • 2024 May 12, “Boar fatally struck by a taxi at Shau Kei Wan”, in The Standard‎^[4], archived from the original on May 12, 2024, Local‎^[5]:

     At 2.24 pm, a boar was found severely wounded in the westward direction of the Island Eastern Corridor near the roads of A Kung Ngam.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿公岩