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Kowloon.

A region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/kaʊˈluːn/
  1. A region, peninsula, and urban area of Hong Kong.

Where this word comes from

From Cantonese 九龍 /九龙 (gau² lung⁴, literally “nine dragons”), named after its eight mountains and the Chinese emperor Zhao Bing (1272–1279).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.