"Hoifung" meaning in All languages combined

See Hoifung on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

enPR: hoiʹfo͝ongʹ Etymology: From Cantonese 海豐/海丰 (hoi² fung¹). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yue|海豐}} Cantonese 海豐/海丰 (hoi² fung¹) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hoifung
  1. Synonym of Haifeng: the Cantonese-derived name. Synonyms: Haifeng [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Hoifung-en-name-RvwFeGXU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1895, E. J. Eitel, Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882, London: Luzac & Company, →OCLC, page 303:",
          "text": "The capture, by the Taipings, of the Hoifung and Lukfung district cities (in the N.E. of Hongkong) in September, 1854, seriously interfered, for a time, with the market supplies of the Colony.",
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          "ref": "1944, China Proper, Volume I: Physical Geography, History and Peoples, Naval Intelligence Division, →OCLC, page 149:",
          "text": "The railway from Canton to Kowloon reaches Tolo harbour in Mirs bay. The road from Waichow to Hoifung connects various centres some distance inland. It is of moderate quality and capable of carrying arms and transport to Pingshan, east of which it becomes very poor. There are branch roads from Hoifung to various centres in Honghai wan, and the road continues to Chaochow from Hoifung.",
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