Mei Foo

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 美孚 (mei5 fu1). The area previously was a petroleum storage facility owned by English Mobil, and therefore indirectly named after the company.

Proper noun

Mei Foo

  1. An area in Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    • 2007 June 21, “Voices: Thoughts on Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 September 2023, Asia Pacific:
      Do you think that in France, the property developers who want to sell a new luxury development in St. Tropez are going to show images of Mei Foo Sun Chun?

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