"Kennedy Town" meaning in English

See Kennedy Town in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Named after Arthur Kennedy, the 7th Governor of British Hong Kong. Etymology templates: {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Arthur Kennedy}} Arthur Kennedy, {{named-after|en|Arthur Kennedy|wplink=Arthur Kennedy (governor)}} Named after Arthur Kennedy Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Kennedy Town}} Kennedy Town
  1. An area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong. Categories (place): Places in Hong Kong
    Sense id: en-Kennedy_Town-en-name-WEQjwggB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Marathi translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 57 43
  2. (historical) A district of Victoria, Hong Kong, United Kingdom. Tags: historical Categories (place): Neighbourhoods in the United Kingdom, Places in the United Kingdom
    Sense id: en-Kennedy_Town-en-name-jMod~vec
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (area in Hong Kong): K-Town [short-form] Translations (area in Hong Kong): 堅尼地城 (Chinese Cantonese), 坚尼地城 (gin¹ nei⁴ dei⁶ sing⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), केनेडीटाउन (keneḍīṭāun) (Marathi)
Disambiguation of 'area in Hong Kong': 46 54 Disambiguation of 'area in Hong Kong': 46 54

Alternative forms

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