Mawan

• (from Wade–Giles) Ma-wan

From Mandarin 馬灣／马湾 (Mǎwān).

Mawan

1. An island in Hong Kong, China.
   • 1951, Hydropac Message Summary: Contains All Hydropacs in Effect‎, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, OCLC 8707412, page 14:

     Ships leaving Hong Kong pass to the westward of Mawan Island; thence through the searched channel 1,000 yards either side of a centerline between points (a) and (e).

   • 2001, Q. W. Zhang, T. Y. P. Chang, C. C. Chang, “Finite-Element Model Updating for the Kap Shui Mun Cable-Stayed Bridge”, in Journal of Bridge Engineering‎, volume 6, number 4, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2001)6:4(285), ISSN 1084-0702, OCLC 805670183, page 285:

     The Kap Shui Mun Bridge (Fig. 1), located between the islands of Lantau and Mawan in Hong Kong, is the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge that carries both road and railway traffic.

   • [2012 March 20, Tang, Sisi; Alex Frew McMillan, “Sun Hung Kai executive arrested over suspected bribery”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 10 May 2022, Business News:

     The Standard newspaper reported that Chan was particularly active in assembling the land at Ma Wan, where the company is marketing its multitower Park Island apartment project, and at The Vineyard, a luxury low-rise development in rural Yuen Long.]

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2. A town in Tianmen, Hubei, China.

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