shap pat heung
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "One important cause of such conflicts was disputes over land rent — between, for example, an alliance composed largely of major landlords and an alliance mainly of tenants. For example, according to a tablet dated 1777 in the Shap Pat Heung village alliance temple, a dispute arose between landowners in the Kam Tin village alliance, a wealthy stronghold of the powerful Teng lineage, and their tenants in the Shap Pat Heung village alliance, composed of several mixed-surname villages, over the size of the grain measure to be used in collecting rent."
- "Chan Wai-ming, a villager in the Shap Pat Heung district, told Reuters he was forced off a plot now held by Henderson Land."
- "The decision means he would eventually have to surrender his chairmanship of the Shap Pat Heung rural committee, which ensures him a seat at the governing body of the influential rural organisation Heung Yee Kuk, a government-recognised advisory group representing New Territories villagers."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 十八鄉