Choong Wan
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[edit]From Cantonese 中環/中环 (zung1 waan4).
Proper noun
[edit]Choong Wan
- Obsolete spelling of Chung Wan (“Central (an area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong)”)..
- 1880 April 9, Mr. Gerrard, quotee, “ALLEGED NUISANCE.”, in The Hong Kong Daily Press, number 6969, Hongkong, page 2, column 3:
- The map was in the office before he entered it, but he believed it was the map specially prepared in reference to Ordinance 7 of 1866. He considered lot 713 to be within the distict of Choong Wan.
- [1993 June 12, “Queen's Birthday Honours”, in South China Morning Post[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 November 2023[2]:
- Henry Chan Hay has been involved in community work in Western District for many years. He became Area Committee Chairman for Chung Wan in 1990 and took part in many district projects during 1992.]
- (historical) A district of Victoria, Hong Kong, United Kingdom.
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