Foreign Places

Dublin Core

Title

Foreign Places

Description

Streets in this collection are named after foreign cities or locations.

Collection Items

Haiphong Road
The road was initially named as Elgin Street but its name changed to Haiphong due to duplication in 1990. The road was named to represent the trading between Haiphong and Hong Kong.

Hanoi Road
The road was initially named as East Road but its name changed to Hanoi due to duplication in 1909. The name of the road was originated from Hanoi in Vietnam.

Holland Street
The name of the road was originated from the country "The Netherlands".

Java Road
The name of the road was originated from Jawa in Indonesia. In 1990s, Royal Interocean Lines set up its branch in Java Road so the government named the street by its name.

Malacca Street
The name of the road was originated from Malacca in Malaysia. The translater accidentially translated the Chinese name of the street to Malaysia street.

Minden Row
The name of the row is same as Myanmar in Chinese but there is no relationship. Instead, The name of the row was originated from Minden in Germany. There was a lot of citizen came from Minden lived in Minden Row in 1900s.

Saigon Street
The road was initially named as Third Street but its name changed to Saigon due to duplication in 1909. The name of the road was originated from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in Vietnam. Saigon was the capital of Vietnam at that time.

Waterloo Road
The name of the road was originated from Waterloo in Belgium. Its name was used to commemorate the England victory in Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
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