ma wan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An island of Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
name
A village in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "The developers, a group of Hong Kong construction professionals, said work would start on the park, on Ma Wan island, in late 2001, and will be completed in 2003."
- "In the post, Tam said that it had been more difficult to serve the residents of Ma Wan and Tsuen Wan, even though he received help from other district councillors and his team.[…] Correction 23.8.2021: A previous version of this article stated that Roy Tam resigned from the Ma Wan District Council. He resigned from the Ma Wan constituency of the Tsuen Wan District Council."
- "Ma Wan, an island between Lantau and Tsing Yi in Hong Kong, is best known today for the Park Island residential development."
- "When I went there I couldn't find the main road to the village. Afterwards, I just asked some people to direct me to the village and lucky I find some people who can give me the right direction. The first person was really helpful and he gave me plenty of information about Ma Wan."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 馬灣//
Inflected Forms
Mah-wan (alternative)
Mawan (alternative)