Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Yuen Long.
The greatest pond (about 62 mows) in Un Long belongs to this company.
2007, Sidney Cheung, Chee-Beng Tan, quoting Suen (1955), Food and Foodways in Asia: Resource, Tradition and Cooking, Routledge, →ISBN, page 403 more examples
The Puntis speak the dialect commonly known as Cantonese. Their population amounts to 64,140, and is contained in 161 villages. They chiefly inhabit the valleys , especially those drained by the Sham Chun and Ün Long rivers.
1898, J.H. Stewart Lockhart, Extracts from a Report by Mr. Stewart Lockhart on the Extension of the Colony of Hongkong, page 7a length of the main road between Castle Peak and Un Long was tar-painted for a distance of two miles[…] Taipo Market and Un Long were surfaced, kerbed and channelled in front of new houses.
1934, Colonial Reports--annual, page 36The Un Long people, regard the grey mullet as a fish of the highest delicacy and a large portion of the local pond production is used to satisfy the local market demand.
1940, Journal of the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station
Origin
From an earlier romanisation Ün Long.
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