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Definition
Whampoa; referring to both Whampoa in Kowloon, Hong Kong, and Huangpu District in Guangzhou.
- Whampoa, an area in Kowloon City District, Hong Kong, redeveloped from a dockyard
- Huangpu (Whampoa) District, a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the residential and commercial district in Kowloon, which is famous for the large ship shaped shopping mall built on the site of the former dockyard. While the name originates from the same characters as the district in Guangzhou, locals almost exclusively use it to refer to the Hong Kong location unless discussing history or travel to the mainland.
Examples
I will go shopping over in Whampoa tomorrow.
Do you know the fastest way to get to Whampoa?
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