Meaning of Tai O | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fishing town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples

“A short ride down the hill by bus is the fishing village of Tai O, once the source of most of the colony's salt, now surrounded by abandoned salt pans through which white herons carefully pick their way. With its houses on stilts over the numerous narrow creeks running through the town, Tai O seems untouched by Hong Kong's frenzied commercialism.”

“The Tian Tan Buddha is on Lantau Island, west of the airport — nearly as far as Tai O.”

“Villagers of flood-prone Tai O have begun preparations for what could be one of the strongest storms to hit Hong Kong since records began.”

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