Ma On Shan
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Ma On Shan
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From Cantonese 馬鞍山 (maa⁵ on¹ saan¹).
proper noun
- An area and town in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong. 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.
- A peak in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong. 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.
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A village of Sha Tin Rural Committee, Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Similar: Ma On Shan Tsuen
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title = {Ma On Shan},
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