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Chek Chu
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English
Etymology
From en yue 赤柱.
Pronunciation
chěkʹ chüʹen 1952 Stanley Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1820 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1820/ 1
Proper noun
1
en Stanley a coastal town and area in Southern district, Hong Kong.
en 1964 1958 G. B. Endacott George Beer Endacott Blue Print for a New Colony A History of Hong Kong https://archive.org/details/historyofhongkon0000enda/mode Oxford University Press 42–43 https://archive.org/details/historyofhongkon0000enda/page/42/ Because of so much lawlessness at Chek Chu (Stanley) on the south of the island C. B. Hillier, a former ship’s mate, became Assistant Magistrate there; and Charles St. George Cleverly became assistant surveyor.
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