Tuen Mun
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese 屯門/屯门 (tyun4 mun4).
Pronunciation
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[edit]Tuen Mun
- An area and town in Tuen Mun district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- 2019 July 13, Amy Qin, Ezra Cheung, “Hong Kong Protest Against Mainland Chinese Traders Turns Violent”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-07-13, ASIA PACIFIC[2]:
- Last weekend, thousands of protesters rallied in the Hong Kong neighborhood of Tuen Mun against a group of middle-aged mainland women who they accused of causing a disturbance in the local park with loud singing and provocative dancing.
- 2019 November 15, Melissa Van Brunnersum, “Two German citizens detained in Hong Kong”, in Deutsche Welle[3], archived from the original on 15 November 2019, News[4]:
- Hong Kong police said they had detained two foreign men during what police there call a "dispersal operation" against a group of demonstrators gathered in Tuen Mun, Reuters reported.
- A district of Hong Kong.
- A rural committee in Tuen Mun district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Tuen Mun”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3231, column 2: “Formerly called Castle Peak.”
- Tuen Mun at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.