kowloon tong
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A residential area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "The department continued to plan and build fire stations and ambulance depots to cope with the city's growing development and service needs and to adhere to the Government's policy of providing the fastest response possible to emergencies. During the year, a new fire station in Kowloon Tong and two ambulance depots in Mong Kok and Kwai Chung were commissioned."
- "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."
- "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."
- "On an unusually suburban street in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Tong neighbourhood sits Romantic Hotel with its once-bright yellow sign."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 九龍塘
Synonyms
Kau Lung Tong