CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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VIII. Chinese names of places most of which have com- 

 mercial or other connections with the Straits Settlements. 



English. 



Acheen 

 America 1 



Amoy 



Annani 



Australia 2 

 Austria 

 Bangkok 3 



Batavia 4 



Batu Pahat 



Bombay 



Borneo 



Hokkien. 



Cantonese. Character. 



A-che 

 Bi-kok 



Hue-ki-kok 



E-mng 



E-mui 



An-nam 



Sin-kim-sua n 



O-kok 



Bong-kok 



Siam-kia" 



Ka-la-pa 



Ba-tau-i 



Ba-tu Pa-hat 



Bong-bai 



Bo-nio n 



jChe-fau 

 Mei-kwok 

 Fa-khei-kwok 

 Ha-mun 



On-nam 

 jSan-kam-shan 

 O-kwok 

 Mang-kok 



Ka-la-pa 



Ma-tu-pa-hat 

 Mang-mei 



iMu-neung 



3S® 



imm 





1. Hue-ki-koh means 'flowery flag country.' 



2. Sin-kia-sua n means -'New gold fields' as distinct from California. 



3. Siam-kia n means ' Capital of Siam.' 



4. Ka-la-pa may be for the Malay word ' Kelapa,' coconut. 



R. A. Soc, No. 42, 1904 



