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Meaning of Ma On Shan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An area and town in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  2. A peak in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
  3. A village of Sha Tin Rural Committee, Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples

“The poster below, on a wall in the Ma On Shan district in northeastern Hong Kong, seems to liken front line protesters to the protagonists of a battle scene in a Renaissance oil painting.”
“The next morning we looked over to where we had been the day before: on Ma On Shan’s buttress-like spurs and its 702-metre summit. The saddle between the two highest points, for which Ma On Shan (Horse Saddle Mountain) is named, stood out.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Ma Tau Chung Ma Tovu Ma Tsu Ma Wan Ma-ayon Ma-ch'eng

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