Tsuen Wan

English

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) Tsun Wan, Tsin Wan, Ts'ün Wán

Etymology

From Cantonese 荃灣荃湾 (cyun4 waan1).

Proper noun

Tsuen Wan

  1. An area and town in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  2. A district of Hong Kong.
    • 2019 November 10, “Hong Kong protests continue amid rage at activist death”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 10 November 2019, News:
      The northwestern district of Tsuen Wan also saw police firing tear gas to disperse protesters chased from the Citywalk shopping mall.
    • 2021 December 17, Alice Fung, Zen Soo, “Hong Kong public gears up to vote amid new election laws”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2021-12-17:
      He ran in the 2019 district council elections, beating veteran pro-establishment politician Michael Tien in the Tsuen Wan district.
  3. A rural committee in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing districts, New Territories, Hong Kong.

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