"Un Long" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From an earlier romanisation Ün Long. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Un Long
  1. Alternative form of Yuen Long. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Yuen Long
    Sense id: en-Un_Long-en-name-FlYexco2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1898, J.H. Stewart Lockhart, Extracts from a Report by Mr. Stewart Lockhart on the Extension of the Colony of Hongkong, page 7",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1934, Colonial Reports--annual, page 36",
          "text": "a length of the main road between Castle Peak and Un Long was tar-painted for a distance of two miles[…]\nTaipo Market and Un Long were surfaced, kerbed and channelled in front of new houses.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1940, Journal of the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station",
          "text": "The 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Sidney Cheung, Chee-Beng Tan, quoting Suen (1955), Food and Foodways in Asia: Resource, Tradition and Cooking, Routledge, page 40",
          "text": "The greatest pond (about 62 mows) in Un Long belongs to this company.",
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