Lantau

English Alternative forms en Lantao Lan Tao Lan Tau Etymology Borrowed from en yue 爛頭 laan6 tau4 broken head, referring to the Lantau Peak on the island. Pronunciation län′dou′Lan Tao or Lan Tau 1019 3 Proper noun en Lantau Island. en https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00209.x 1964 J. W. Hayes Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 4 Notes and Queries: The Tung Chung Fort 149 In the later Ching period there were at least three military installations on Lantau 一 at Tung Chung, Tai O and Fan Lau, another on Cheung Chau, and a considerable number of troops in the Kowloon Walled City. en https://archive.org/details/hongkongmacaucan0000clew/mode 1986 Carol Clewlow Hong Kong, Macau & Canton: A Travel Survival Kit 4th Lonely Planet Publications 111 https://archive.org/details/hongkongmacaucan0000clew/page/110/mode Only a couple of square km in size, Cheung Chau — ‘long island’ in Cantonese — is 10 km west of Hong Kong, off the south-east tip of Lantau. Archaeological digs have shown that Cheung Chau, like Lamma and Lantau, was inhabited in prehistoric times. en 2006 Hong Kong Beaches The New York Times, Fodor's https://web.archive.org/web/20230419164238/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/fodors/top/features/travel/destinations/asia/china/hongkong/fdrs_feat_74_11.html 0362-4331 1645522 Travel Cheung Sha is a popular beach on Lantau, only a short taxi or bus ride from the Silvermine Bay ferry pier. en https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00209.x 05 May 2011 Derek P. T. Yue; S. L. Tang Water and Environment Journal 25 2 Sustainable strategies on water supply management in Hong Kong 192 The Ngong Ping Sewage Treatment Works (NPSTW) on Lantau is the first tertiary sewage treatment and reclaimed water facility built in Hong Kong. It has been in operation since March 2006, producing reclaimed water for flushing the nearby public toilets, controlled irrigation and rearing ornamental fish. Synonyms en Lantau Island Translations Lantau Island References Anagrams en aalntu alaunt anlaut