Ma Wan

English

Alternative forms

• Mah-wan, Mawan

Etymology

From Cantonese 馬灣 (maa⁵ waan¹).

Proper noun

Ma Wan

1. An island in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong region.
   • 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.

   • 2021 April 21, Candice Chau, “Another democrat quits Hong Kong district council seat over new gov’t allegiance oath”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[3], archived from the original on 27 October 2021, Hong Kong‎^[4]:

     In the post, Tam said that it had been more difficult to serve the residents of Ma Wan and Tsuen Wan, even though he received help from other district councillors and his team. […]
     Correction 23.8.2021: A previous version of this article stated that Roy Tam resigned from the Ma Wan District Council. He resigned from the Ma Wan constituency of the Tsuen Wan District Council.

   • 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^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 20, 2022, Travel & Leisure‎^[6]:

     Ma Wan, an island between Lantau and Tsing Yi in Hong Kong, is best known today for the Park Island residential development.

2. A village in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong region.
   • 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.

3. A rural committee in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong region.

Translations

island

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬灣 / 马湾 (maa⁵ waan¹)

rural committee

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬灣鄉事委員會 / 马湾乡事委员会 (maa⁵ waan¹ hoeng¹ si⁶ wai² jyun⁴ wui^6-2)

Further reading

• Ma Wan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.