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Examples of “Kowloon” in a Sentence

4 example sentences showing how to use Kowloon, grouped by meaning.

name A densely populated peninsula and urban area of Hong Kong, across the harbor from Hong Kong Island.

  • Hong Kong authorities evacuated at least 3,400 people from buildings after a fire broke out in a warehouse in the city's Kowloon district on Friday. — , Hong Kong warehouse fire forces thousands to evacuate (2023)
  • Several protesters took up positions on the rooftops of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, armed with bows and arrows, as unrest spread across the territory's central Kowloon district. — , Hong Kong protesters fend off police with arrows, petrol bombs as unrest spreads (2019)
  • They took the ferry across the harbor to Kowloon.
  • By the late 1930's some modern factories, built by outside interests and producing such goods as bricks, beer, and chinaware for export abroad, had already appeared in Tsuen Wan, a market town near Kowloon. — Jack M. Potter, The Setting (1968)