Lantau Island

English

Etymology

From Lantau +‎ island.

Proper noun

Lantau Island

1. An island in Hong Kong.
   • 1964, C. T. Wong, “Changes in Agricultural Land Use in Hong Kong”, in S. G. Davis, editor, Land Use Problems in Hong Kong: A Symposium‎^[1], Hong Kong University Press, page 63:

     In relatively remote and inaccessible areas like Tung Chung on Lantau Island and the Northern Sai Kung peninsula—where the demand for agricultural land by immigrant farmers and urbanization and industrialization is not so great—the size of farm is not any larger than that of the densely populated areas.

   • 2019 November 22, Ilaria Maria Sala, “After the Protests: How Will Hong Kong Vote?”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-22, Opinion‎^[3]:

     To reach Mui Wo, a small town on Lantau Island, you take a ferry from central Hong Kong, and after a 30-minute ride arrive at a small square with a car park and bus stops blackened by fumes.

   • 2022 January 19, “Hong Kong activist Edward Leung released from prison”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[4], archived from the original on January 19, 2022, News‎^[5]:

     Leung left Shek Pik Prison on Lantau Island in the early hours of Wednesday. He appeared to indicate that he would be keeping a low profile after his release.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lantau Island.

Synonyms

• Lantau

Translations

island in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大嶼山／大屿山 (daai⁶ jyu⁴ saan¹)

  Mandarin: 大嶼山／大屿山 (zh) (Dàyǔshān)

Further reading

• Lantau Island at Google Ngram Viewer
• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Lau Tao or Lan Tau”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1019, column 3
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Lantau Island”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1685, column 2