Po Toi
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese 蒲台 (pou4 toi4).
Proper noun
[edit]Po Toi
- An island group in Islands district, Hong Kong.
- An island in Po Toi, Islands district, Hong Kong.
- 1954 April 5, “Sequel To Raid On Aberdeen Fishing Junk”, in China Mail[1], number 35783, →OCLC, page 10, column 6:
- Mr Blair-Kerr went on to say that the place where the offence occurred was just off Brick Hill, or Wong Chuk Hang, near Aberdeen. The complainant, Chan For-tai, would give evidence that he, his wife, mother and two brothers, set off in their fishing junk about 2 a.m., on January 5 to fish. They sailed south from Aberdeen, then eastwards towards Wong Chuk Hang, and were heading for an island further south, Po Toi.
- 2014 May 5, Gerry Mullany, Keith Bradsher, “11 Missing After Cargo Ships Collide Near Hong Kong”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 05, 2014, Asia Pacific[3]:
- One person was rescued following the 3 a.m. accident about three miles off Po Toi Island, which is just southeast of Hong Kong Island in the South China Sea.
Translations
[edit]island group; islands
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Further reading
[edit]- Po Toi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.