Ma Wan
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese 馬灣 (maa5 waan1).
Proper noun
[edit]Ma Wan
- An island in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- 2000 November 26, “BUSINESS: DIARY; Ski Hong Kong (You Read It Right)”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 July 2010[2]:
- The developers, a group of Hong Kong construction professionals, said work would start on the park, on Ma Wan island, in late 2001, and will be completed in 2003.
- 2022 March 21, Stuart Heaver, “The little island that could have been Hong Kong, but for a British naval officer’s bad weather day 230 years ago”, in South China Morning Post[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 20, 2022, Travel & Leisure[4]:
- Ma Wan, an island between Lantau and Tsing Yi in Hong Kong, is best known today for the Park Island residential development.
- A village in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- 2019 April 30, Albert Wilson, Big Al Travel Companion: A Companion for You Getting the Best Values in Your Discovery into Festival, Culture, Food and Many Others, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
- When I went there I couldn't find the main road to the village. Afterwards, I just asked some people to direct me to the village and lucky I find some people who can give me the right direction. The first person was really helpful and he gave me plenty of information about Ma Wan.
- A rural committee in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ma Wan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.