Kowloon Tong

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 九龍塘／九龙塘 (gau² lung⁴ tong⁴).

Proper noun

Kowloon Tong

1. A residential area in Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
   • 2007 June 24, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Hong Kong Is Reshaped by Mainlanders”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-06-05, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     At the mountain’s base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors — and important changes.

   • 2018 January 16, Venus Wu, Joy Leung, “Hong Kong's Wharf Holdings sets new record for land in prime area”, in Jacqueline Wong, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on January 16, 2018, Markets‎^[4]:

     The plot, located in the high-end neighbourhood of Kowloon Tong, has a site area of about 11,300 square metres, with a maximum gross floor area of about 40,500 square metres.

   • 2019 October 6, Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin, “Ignoring a ban on face masks, masked Hong Kongers march in huge numbers”, in The Washington Post‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 7, 2019, Asia & Pacific‎^[6]:

     Personnel on the roof of the barracks of the People’s Liberation Army in the Kowloon Tong neighborhood raised a yellow flag warning marchers they were breaking the law and could be prosecuted — the first time protesters have elicited a reaction from the Chinese military.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) Kau Lung Tong

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 九龍塘／九龙塘 (gau² lung⁴ tong⁴)

Further reading

• Kowloon Tong at Google Ngram Viewer