Tai Poとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Cantonese 大埔 (daai⁶ bou³).

固有名詞

Tai Po

1. An area and town in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A district of Hong Kong.
   • 2019 February 12, Homans, Charles, “Hong Kong, Crossroads of the Criminal Wildlife Trade”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-02-12‎^[2]:

     It was after dark on a Tuesday evening in December 2017 when the vans pulled onto Island House Lane, a placid side street of residential complexes and community garden plots in the suburban Tai Po district. […]
     The pangolin’s value has increased with its rarity — the shipment seized in Tai Po had a street value of around $300,000.

3. A rural committee in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

豆知識

The use of this word arose in the 19th century. It is interesting because Maori used it thinking it was English and the early English settlers used it thinking it was Maori.^[1]

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