kwun tong
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Mr Li's business interests already extend into the strategic Kwun Tong area after he joined Kumagai Gumi, the main Japanese contractor for the second harbour tunnel, and his present partner CITIC, in developing a multi-billion dollar housing complex in Lam Tin."
- "The paper trail left behind by $2 million (1.38 million pounds) stolen from a hacked Ecuadorian bank runs cold in a windowless gamers’ crash pad in a gritty industrial area of Hong Kong. The room, in a former factory in the Kwun Tong district, is the registered address for Jiushun Group Co., Ltd., the firm that received the largest single transfer of the $12 million reported missing from Ecuador's Banco del Austro (BDA) in January 2015."
- "Protesters are expected to return to Hong Kong international airport on Saturday, despite a court ban. Later in the day, protesters are due to march through the city's eastern district of Kwun Tong."
- "The clashes in the district of Kwun Tong, in eastern Kowloon, were a marked departure from the peaceful, if sometimes tense, gatherings that had taken place over much of the last two weeks."
- "The construction of the fountain in the city’s Kwun Tong district went ahead despite the district council passing a motion to halt the project last year."
- "During her 38-year tenure, Winnie Poon made history as the first popularly elected female council member in Kwun Tong district and witnessed the councils become more democratic."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 官塘
Inflected Forms
Kwuntong (alternative)