Tuen Mun

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 屯門屯门 (tyun4 mun4).

Proper noun

Tuen Mun

  1. 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-07-13, ASIA PACIFIC:
      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, archived from the original on 15 November 2019, News:
      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.
  2. A district of Hong Kong.
  3. A rural committee in Tuen Mun district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Synonyms

  • Castle Peak

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