粉嶺

Chinese

dust; powder mountain range
trad. (粉嶺) 粉 嶺
simp. (粉岭) 粉 岭

Etymology

Attested as 粉壁嶺 in the Annals of Xin'an County (新安縣志) [1819].

Pronunciation

Proper noun

粉嶺

  1. Fanling (an area of the New Territories, Hong Kong)
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