Meanings
- An island of Hong Kong.
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.
2022 January 19, “Hong Kong activist Edward Leung released from prison”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2022, News2 more examples
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.
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, Hong Kong University Press, page 63To 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.
2019 November 22, Ilaria Maria Sala, “After the Protests: How Will Hong Kong Vote?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2019, OpinionSynonyms: Lantau
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn island of Hong Kong.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 大嶼山 /大屿山
- 大嶼山 /大屿山 (daai⁶ jyu⁴ saan¹)island in Hong Kong
Chinese Mandarin 大嶼山 /大屿山
- 大嶼山 /大屿山 (Dàyǔshān)island in Hong Kong
Cite this entry
Lantau Island. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lantau%20Island
“Lantau Island.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lantau%20Island. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lantau Island,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lantau%20Island.
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