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History - 3
Road Names in Hokkien An index Part 2 (K - O) |
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KKK K'ai Heng Bee Kay (Chop Khie Heng Bee Street, because Khie Heng Be rice merchant is there) - Prangin Road between Carnarvon Street and Sungei Ujong (Lo Man Yuk) The firm was owned by Phuah Hin Leong and his partners. (Chang Yong Mee) K'ai Heng Bee Bee Kar (Chop Khie Heng Bi's rice mill). - Maxwell Road between Gladstone Road and Penang Road. This road and Prangin Road are often called Karng Ar Knee, "rivulet side" because of their proximity to the Prangin Ditch.(Lo Man Yuk). The rice mill was owned by Phuah Hin Leong and his partners one of whom was Lim Leng Cheak (Chang Yong Mee) Karm Ar Hnui (Orange Plantation) - Dato Kramat Road between Magazine Station and Dato Kramat Station. Formerly there was a big orange plantation there (Lo Man Yuk) Karm Kong Lai (In the Village) - Carnarvon Lane There was once a kampong in this locality (Lo Man Yuk) Karm Kong Lai Hoay Lor (Carnarvon Street Cross Street0) - To Aka Lane. Also P'ar T'ee Kay Harng Ar. (Lo Man Yuk) Karm Kong Mar Lark Kar (Kampong Malacca) - Kedah Road.. Cantonese Koo P'ai Koon (Old Licence House); this refers to the Lock Hospital which was formerly situated at the site where the present Chowrasta Dispensary is (Lo Man Yuk) Karng Ar K'au (Harbour Entrance) - Beach Street between China Street and Chulia Street. Before the reclamation of the ghauts, shipping business, principally by Chinese, was in this part of Beach Street (Lo Man Yuk) Karng Ar Knee (Riverside; from kang-ah rivulet) - Maxwell Road and Prangin Road. Because of their proximity to the Prangin Ditch. (Lo Man Yuk) Kau Keng Ch'oo (The Nine Houses. Formerly there were only nine houses on the right hand side as one goes from Light Street) - Penang Street between Light Street and Bishop Street. (Lo Man Yuk) [Note 4] Kau Keng Ch'oo Au (Behind the Nine Houses) - King Street between Light Street and Bishop Street (Lo Man Yuk) K'eng Kooi Kay - Keng Kwee Street. After Captain Ah Quee who built this street and connected it to Penang Road. (Lo Man Yuk) Kiam Hoo Tnia (Salt Fish Yard, so-called because salt fish are dried and cured there i.e. at the back part of the shops facing Prangin Road) - Prangin Lane (Lo Man Yuk) Kiam Hoo Ar Harng (Saltfish Lane - because it branches off from Prangin Lane which is called Saltfish Yard. (Lo Man Yuk) Kian Guan Kay (Kian Origin Street - after the Kian Taik secret society) - Armenian Street between Beach Street and Pitt Street (Lo Man Yuk) Kiet Leng Hor - A corruption of Green Hall. Also Tuan Pali (Lo Man Yuk) Kiet Leng Ar Ban San (The Indian Market) - Chowrasta Road where the fish and meat men were Tamils. Ban San was a corruption of the Malay bangsal (quarter). Tamil Street has the same name. (Lo Man Yuk) Kiet Leng Ar Kay (Keling Street) - Chulia Street between Beach Street and Pitt Street so-called from the Tamil shopkeepers there. The word Chulia itself is a Bengali word meaning Keling. Also called Lor Lin Kay. King Street between Market Street and Chulia Street is calso called Kitleng Ngar Kay. This part of King Street was formerly inhabited chiefly by Tamils. In Cantonese, Park Karp Loong (White Pigeon Hole (Note 5), so-called because formerly there were some exceedingly small houses there occupied as brothels). (Lo Man Yuk). First called Malabar Street. Nowadays the term refers to Market Street. The term Par Sart Kay (Market Street) is no longer used as the market has disappeared (Dr Goh Ban Lee) Kiet Leng Ar Kay T'au (Head of Keling Street) - Chulia Street Ghaut. Also Snair Ynioh Kongsi Kay. Also Ch'ar Lor T'au, also Tuar Chooi Chnair (Lo Man Yuk) Kong Hock Koo Harng (Kong Hock Koo Lane, The Penang Mutual Improvement Association Lane) - Market Lane. In Cantonese Yee Nai Hong (Concubine Lane, so called because this lane used to be occupied chiefly by kept women). (Lo Man Yuk) Koo Ho Harp Sia Kay (Old Ho Harp Society Street, called after the kongsi located there) - Queen Street. Also Charp Jee Keng Ch'oo. (Lo Man Yuk) Koo Ho Seng Kongsi Kay (Old Ho Seng Kongsi Street, after a secret society which formerly had its kongsi house there) - King Street between China Street and Market Street. (Lo Man Yuk) Note 4: The most famous of the Kau Keng Ch'oo residents was Lim Eu Toh, president of the Empire-loyalist Straits Chinese British Association and a municipal commissioner, in those days, an appointment of great honour. In the thirties Mr Thegaraja, the famous Latin coach, who expelled sheer agony from the study of Latin for the London Matriculation. The nine houses are still there. A printing press tenant preserved one of the buildings so well that in 1970 its customers could still admire the huge square slabs of white marble that made up the floor as well as the beautifully carved doors and the elaborate screen that marked the end of the hall. Note 5 Cantonese who once lived in the area pronounce the word "loong" with a different tone, meaning "cage." They have always known that "Pigeon Cages" referred to the tiny houses that once stood in the street. |
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Koo K'ar Koo (The Old Jail, the old Criminal Prison, which was formerly situated at the present vacant piece of land opposite the Chowrasta market) - Penang Road about Chowrasta market where a prison was located. Also Laing Chiark Ch'oo Chaing (Lo Man Yuk) This was the Island's second jail.(Chang Yong-Me) See Kuarn Lau Ar, below. Knooi Tarng Kay (Kwangtung Street, so-called because this part of Penang Street was principally occupied by Cantonese shopkeepers) - Penang Street between Light Street and Bishop Street. Also Mar K'au Kay (Lo Man Yuk) Knooi Tarng Tuar Pair Kong Kay (Cantonese God Street, there is a temple built by subscription raised solely from the Cantonese) - King Street between Bishop Street and China Street. Also Ar P'ian Kong Si Kay. (Lo Man Yuk) Kuarn Ar Kark (Government Office Corner) - R C O Front. In Cantonese , Tai Mar T'ou (The Big Jetty, after the Old Jetty there. (Lo Man Yuk). . Kuarn Im Teng Cheng (Front of the Goddess of Mercy Temple) - Pitt Street between Light Street and China Street (Lo Man Yuk) Kuarn Im Teng Au (Behind the Goddess of Mercy Temple) - Stewart Lane (Lo Man Yuk) Kuarn Lau Ar (Small High Tower: The four-storied corner house at the junction of Acheen Street and Beach Street.) - Acheen Street. Also called P'ar Cheo Kay (Lo Man Yuk). Knuai Lau Ar means the same thing though pronounced differently. The building is still there (Tang Khye Kian). It was the island's first jail (Chan Yong-Mee) Kuarn Lau Ar Lor T'au (Lor T'au, road head. Road head means landing place) - Acheen Street Ghaut. Also called P'ar Chio Kay Lor T'tau. (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar (Passed the Rivulet - The other side of the Prangin Ditch) - Beach Street end of Bridge Street. (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar Tay-Ch'it Tiau Lor (Passed the Rivulet, number seven street) - Cecil Street i.e. the seventh street after crossing the Prangin Ditch from Beach Street (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar Tay Gor Tiau Lor (passed rivulet, number five street i.e. the fifth road after crossing the Prangin Ditch from Beach STreet) - MacCallum Street (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar Tay It Tiau Lor (First road after crossing Prangin Ditch from Beach Street) - Magazine Road (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar Tay Jee Tiau Lor (passed rivulet, number two street, the second street after crossing the Prangin Ditch from Beach Street ) - Noordin Street. (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar Tay Kau Tiao Lor (passed rivulet, number nine street, the ninth road after crossing the Prangin Ditch from Beach Street) - Sandilands Road (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar Tay Lark Tiao Lor (Passed rivulet, 6th Street, i.e. the 6th street after crossing the Prangin Ditch from Beach Street) - Katz Street (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar Tay Pay Tiao Lor (the 8th road after crossing the Prangin Ditch) - Heriot Street (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar Tay Sna Tiau Lor (Passed rivulet, number three street, the third street after crossing the Prangin Ditch from Beach Street) - Presgrave Street (Lo Man Yuk) Kuay Karng Ar Tay See Tiau Lor (Passed rivulet, number four street, the fourth street after crossing the Prangin ditch from Beach Street) - Thye Sin Street ( (Lo Man Yuk) |
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| LLL Laing Chiark Ch'oo Cheng (in front of Laing Chiark's house) - Penang Road about Chowrasta market. Also called Koo K'ar Koo (Lo Man Yuk) Lark Ch'ay Lor (Intersection of Six Roads viz. Magazine Road, Gladstone Road, Penang Road, Macalister Road, Dato Kramat Road and Brick Kiln Road. The Malay version is Simpang Anam) - Magazine (Lo Man Yuk) Lark Tiau Lor (6th Street) Katz Street Larm Ch'arn Ar (Poor Fields, swamp, formerly it was nothing but a swamp) - Carnarvon Street between Acheen Street and Prangin Road. In Cantonese Ch'o T'ong: grass pond, meaning swamp. Also See Kark Chnair, also Charp Keng Ch'oo, also Snair Tnioh Kongsi. (Lo Man Yuk) Larm Huar Ee Enee Kay (Lam Hua Hospital Street, after the Chinese Medical Institute there) - Muntri Street. Also Saik Lar Nee Harng, also Sin Hai Larm Kong See Kay. (Lo Man Yuk) Larng Ch'iar Taing Pai Kuarn (Rickshaw Nailing Licence Office) - Penang Road about the Magazine Road Police Station (Lo Man Yuk) Leong Sarn Tong Lai (Leong San Tong Inside) - Cannon Square. Leong San Tong is the chop of the Snair K'oo Kongsi which is inside the Square (Lo Man Yuk) Lian Hua Ho (Lotus Pond so-called after a big lotus pond formerly situated at the side of St George's Girls School, the pond having been filled up some years ago on account of the many accidents to people in attempting to get at the lotus) - Farquhar Street between Love Lane and Leith Street (Lo Man Yuk) Lo Parn Miu Kai (Cantonese. Lo Parn Temple Street, Temple of the God of Carpentry) - Love Lane between Muntri Street and Chulia Street (Lo Man Yuk) Loo Song Lay Pai Tng Cheng (In front of the Luzon Church: Armenian Church) - Bishop Street between Penang Street and King Street (Lo Man Yuk) Lor Lin Kay (Noordin Street, so-called after the business premises of Mr H M Noordin) - Chulia Street between Beach Street and Pitt Street. Cantonese Yi Siong Kai (Clothes Box Street: from the cabinet makers shops there) (Lo Man Yuk) |
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| MMM Mar Kau Kay (Macao Street) - Penang Street between Bishop Street and Market Street. In Cantonese T'ong Yan Kai (Chinese Street, referring to the Cantonese as distinct from the Hokkiens whom the Cantonese considered to be foreigners on account of their different provinciality). Also Chay Tee Kay. (Lo Man Yuk) Mar Shui Hau (Cantonese. Double Water Pipe. Formerly there were two public stand pipes there standing side by side) - Love Lane between Muntri Street and Chulia Street. Also Lo Parn Miu Kai. (Lo Man Yuk) Mee Snooar Kay (Vermicelli Street, after the vermicelli makers there) - Kimberley Street. See also Tio Chiu Kay (Lo Man Yuk) OOO Oowan T'au Ar (The Small Turning, i.e. the turning from Beach Street - Prangin Road between Beach Street and Carnarvon Street. Also Hai Chiu Kong Si Kay. (Lo Man Yuk) Oowan To Lor (Bay Road) - Bagan Jermal Road (Lo Man Yuk) (to be continued) |
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