Ma On Shan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 馬鞍山 (maa⁵ on¹ saan¹).

Proper noun

Ma On Shan

1. An area and town in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 2019 October 11, Mike Ives, “At Hong Kong Protests, Art That Imitates Life”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 11, 2019, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     The poster below, on a wall in the Ma On Shan district in northeastern Hong Kong, seems to liken front line protesters to the protagonists of a battle scene in a Renaissance oil painting.

2. A peak in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
3. A village of Sha Tin Rural Committee, Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Synonyms

• (village): Ma On Shan Tsuen

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬鞍山／马鞍山 (maa⁵ on¹ saan¹)

peak in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬鞍山／马鞍山 (maa⁵ on¹ saan¹)

village in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬鞍山村／马鞍山村 (maa⁵ on¹ saan¹ cyun¹)

See also

• Ma'anshan

Further reading

• Ma On Shan at Google Ngram Viewer