Mei Foo

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 美孚 (mei⁵ fu¹). The area previously was a petroleum storage facility owned by English Mobil, and therefore indirectly named after the company.

Proper noun

Mei Foo

1. An area in Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
   • 2007 June 21, “Voices: Thoughts on Hong Kong”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 September 2023, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Do you think that in France, the property developers who want to sell a new luxury development in St. Tropez are going to show images of Mei Foo Sun Chun?

   • 2011 April 5, Joyce Ng, “Court ruling offers hope to Mei Foo residents”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 December 2024:

     A recent judgment in a long-running dispute over plans to develop a site in North Point may offer hope to Mei Foo residents fighting a proposed high-rise building near their homes.

   • 2020 March 1, Shibani Mahtani, “Coronavirus is fueling new protests in Hong Kong. Authorities aim to arrest their way out.”, in The Washington Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 01, 2020‎^[5]:

     Residents of a housing estate in Mei Foo, Hong Kong, protest Feb. 2 against government plans to turn a nearby hotel into a coronavirus quarantine facility.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 美孚 (mei⁵ fu¹)

Further reading

• Mei Foo at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.