Lantau Island

English Etymology From en Lantau island. Proper noun Lantau Island en island sar/Hong Kong. en https://archive.org/details/landuseproblemsi0000symp/mode/2up 1964 S. G. Davis Land Use Problems in Hong Kong: A Symposium Hong Kong University Press C. T. Wong Changes in Agricultural Land Use in Hong Kong 63 https://archive.org/details/landuseproblemsi0000symp/page/62/mode 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. en November 22, 2019 Ilaria Maria Sala After the Protests: How Will Hong Kong Vote? w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20191122114855/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/opinion/hong-kong-protest-election.html 0362-4331 1645522 Opinion 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. en 01/19/2022 Hong Kong activist Edward Leung released from prison https://web.archive.org/web/20220119035420/https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-activist-edward-leung-released-from-prison/a-60469736 January 19, 2022 https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-activist-edward-leung-released-from-prison/a-60469736 w:Deutsche Welle News 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. en Synonyms en Lantau Translations island in Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 大嶼山 daai6 jyu4 saan1 Mandarin: cmn 大嶼山 Dàyǔshān Further reading Lantau Island en 1952 Lau Tao or Lan Tau Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1019 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1019/ 3 en 1998 Lantau Island Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1685 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1685/ 2