ma-loo

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Chinese Pidgin English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Cantonese 馬路马路 (maa5 lou6).

Noun

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ma-loo

  1. main street

References

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  • Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, pages 106–107:Ma-loo: a main street, (lit. horse street). In Shanghai the principal thoroughfare, the Nanking Road, is called by the Chinese the Dah Ma-loo, i.e., The Great Horse Street.