| English name | Official Malay name | Etymology | Traditional Malay name | Hokkien name | Hokkien etymology |
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| Aboo Sittee Lane | Lorong Abu Siti, | After Aboo Sittee @ Mamak Pushi, who founded the Malay opera form known as bangsawanin Penang in the 1870s | Lorong Pushi | 三牲巷 Sam-seng-hāng | Gangsters' lane |
| Acheen Street | Lebuh Acheh | After the Arab traders from Achehwho lived here. | | 拍石街 Phah-chio̍h-ke
懸樓仔 Koâiⁿ-laû-á | Stone-breaking street
Small high tower (after the four-storied Gedung Atjeh at the Beach St corner) |
| Acheen Street Ghaut | Gat Lebuh Acheh | | 拍石街路頭 Phah-chio̍h-ke lơ̄-thâu
懸樓仔路頭 Koâiⁿ-laû-á lơ̄-thâu | Acheen St landing place |
| Ah Quee Street | Lebuh Ah Quee | After Capitan China Chung Keng Quee, who presented it to the Municipality | Lorong Takia, after the kampong formerly there. | 阿貴街 A-kùi-ke | Ah Quee street |
| Amoy Lane | Lorong Amoy | After the Hokkien city of Amoy | | | |
| Anson Road | Jalan Anson | After Major-General Sir Archibald Anson, Lieutenant-Governor of Penang (1867-1882) | | | |
| Argus Lane | Lorong Argus | After Penang's first independent newspaper, the Pinang Argus, published at Argus House here from 1867-1873. | | 色藍乳禮拜堂後巷仔 Sek-lân-ní lé-paì-tn̄g-aū hāng-á | Lane behind the Eurasian (Serani) church (the Roman Catholic Church, now Cathedral, of the Assumption) |
| Argyll Road | Jalan Argyll | | | 萬葛里巷 Bang-ka-lí hāng | Bengali (or Sikh) lane |
| Armenian Street | Lebuh Armenian | After the Armenian inhabitants. | | W. of Cannon St |
| 拍銅街 Phah-tâng-ke | Copper-beaters' street |
| E. of Cannon St |
本頭公巷 Pún-thâu-kong-hāng
建元街 Kièn-gôan-ke | Gods' lane, after the Kong-si house of the Toā Peh Kong or Kièn Tek secret society (formerly at the junction of Armenian & Pitt Streets) there
Kièn Tek society origin street |
| Armenian Street Ghaut | Gat Lebuh Armenian | | 本頭公巷路頭 Pún-thâu-kong-hāng lơ̄-thâu | Armenian St landing place |
| Arratoon Road | Jalan Arratoon | After the Armenian merchant Arathoon Anthony, the father of A. A. Anthony who founded the Penang stock-broking firm that bears his name, who came from Shiraz in Persia to Penang in 1819. | | | |
| Ayer Itam Road | Jalan Air Itam | After the Ayer Itam stream which flows there | | 亞也依淡路 A-iá i-tâm lơ̄ | (phonetic) |
| Ayer Rajah Road | Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman | After the Telok Ayer Rajah, the bay between George Town and Tanjong Tokong. New Malay name after Tunku Abdul Rahman, first prime minister of Malaya (1957-1970), who lived there. | | | |
| Bagan Jermal Road | Jalan Bagan Jermal | After Bagan Jermal, where it leads | | 灣斗路 Oân-tó-lơ̄ | Bay road |
| Barrack Road | Jalan Barrack | After the sepoy barracks formerly there | | 兵房路 Peng-pâng-lơ̄ | Barrack road |
| Beach Street | Lebuh Pantai | Self-describing. The street formerly ran along the shoreline until the construction of Weld Quay. | N. of China St |
| Jalan Gedung | 土庫街 Thớ-khờ-ke | Warehouse street |
| China St – Chulia St |
| 港仔口 Káng-á-khaú | Harbour entrance, where the main shipping business was carried out |
| Chulia St – Armenian St |
| 中街 Tiong-ke | Middle street |
| Armenian St – Acheen St |
| 緞羅申 Toan-lơ̂-sîn | Tuan Losin (Tengku Syed Hussein)'s street |
| Acheen St – Malay St |
| 拍鐵街 Phah-ti̍h-ke | Blacksmiths' street |
| S. of Malay St |
| Ujong Pasir | 社尾 Siā-bóe | Village end, Malay name "End of the beach" |
| Birch Road | Jalan Birch | After one of three possibilities (1) J. W. W. Birch, British Residentin Perak, who was assassinated in 1875 by a local Malay chief, (2) Arthur Nonus Birch, Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Penang(1871-1872), or (3) James Kortright Birch, Resident Councillor of Penang (1905-1906) and Actg.Resident Councillor of Penang from (3 Mar. 1897 - Aug. 1898, Apr. 1901 - Nov. 1902 and 1903-1905). | | | |
| Bishop Street | Lebuh Bishop | After the Roman Catholic Bishop Garnault, who was brought by Francis Light to Penang in 1786 from Kuala Kedah after fleeing persecution in Ligor and Phuket. His presbytery stood here. | | W. of King St |
| 順德公司街 Sūn-tek kong-si-ke | Soon Teik Association street |
| King St - Penang St |
| 呂宋禮拜堂前 Lū-sòng lé-paì-tn̂g-chêng | In front of the Armenian (Luzon) church formerly there |
| E. of Penang St |
漆木街 Chhat-bok-ke
柴工街 Chhâ-kang-ke | Lacquerers' street
Carpenters' street |
| Boundary Road | Jalan Sempadan | Part of the road formerly formed part of the boundary of the City of George Town | | | |
| Brick Kiln Road | Jalan Gurdwara | After the brick kiln formerly there. The area was known as Bakar Bata or 罇仔窰 Chuíⁿ-á-iô. New Malay name after the Sikhgurdwara there. | | 風車路 Hong-chhia-lơ̄ | Winnowing-machine road, after the winnowing machines used to separate rice from chaff. |
| Bridge Street | Jalan C. Y. Choy | After the Anson Bridge over the Prangin Ditch and the bridge over the Pinang River, which it links. New Malay name after Cllr C. Y. Choy, the last Mayor of George Town (1964-1966). | | North (Beach St) end |
| 過港仔 Kòe-káng-á | Past the Prangin Ditch |
| Middle |
| 枋廊 Pang-lông | Sawmill |
| South (Jelutong Rd) end |
| 城隍廟路 Sêng-hông-biō-lơ̄ | City god temple road |
| Buckingham Street | Lebuh Buckingham | | | 新街頭 Sin-ke-thaû | At the head of Campbell St |
| Burmah Road | Jalan Burma | After the Burmese village (Kampong Ava) at Burmah Lane. | Jalan Kreta Ayer | 車水路 Chhia-tsúi-lơ̄ | Drawing-water road, after the aqueduct that ran along the road (see e.g. the Mesjid Tarek Ayerthere) |
| Campbell Street | Lebuh Campbell | | Jalan Nona Bahru | 新街 Sin-ke
新大門樓 Sin-toā-mûiⁿ-laû | New street, alternatively 新雞 (new prostitutes), in contradistinction to Chulia St, where the brothels formerly were
New Chulia St |
| Cannon Square | Medan Cannon | After the cannon that was brought in by the Government during the Penang Riots in 1867 and fired here, where the members of the Kièn Tek society were encamped. | | 龍山堂內 Liông-san-tông-laī | Within Leong San Tong (the Khoo Kongsi clanhouse) |
| Cannon Street | Lebuh Cannon | | 大銃空 Toā-chhèng-khang | Cannonball-hole |
| Cantonment Road | N. of Kelawei Rd | After an army cantonmentformerly there. New Malay name of northern section after the Penang Malay Association (Persatuan Melayu Pulau Pinang, "Pemenang") there. | | | |
| Jalan Pemenang |
| S. of Kelawei Rd |
| Jalan Cantonment |
| Carnarvon Lane | Lorong Carnarvon | After Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, 19th century BritishColonial Secretary | | 鑑光內 Kàm-kong-laī | Within the village (kampung) |
| Carnarvon Street | Lebuh Carnarvon | | N. of Campbell St |
| 大門樓橫街 Toā-mûiⁿ-laû hoâiⁿ-ke | Chulia St cross street |
| Campbell St - Acheen St |
| 番仔塚 Hoan-á-thióng | Malay cemetery |
| S. of Acheen St |
沓田仔 Lam-chhân-á
姓張公司街 Sὲⁿ-tiơⁿ kong-si-ke
十間厝 Tsa̍p-keng-chhù
四角井 Sì-kak-chέⁿ | Swamp fields
Teoh clanhouse street
Ten houses
Square well |
| Caunter Hall Road | Jalan P. Ramlee | New Malay name after Malayan filmmaker P. Ramlee | | | |
| Cecil Street | Lebuh Cecil | After Sir Cecil Clementi, Governor of the Straits Settlements (1930-1934). | | (過港仔第)七條路 (Kòe-káng-á tē) Chhit-tiaû-lơ̄ | 7th road (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Ceylon Lane | Lorong Ceylon | After the Ceylonese inhabitants | | 四十間 Sì-tsa̍p-keng | Forty houses |
| Cheapside | Cheapside | After Cheapside, a street inLondon where one of the city's main produce markets was located. | | | |
| Che Em Lane | Lorong Che Em | After Chee Eam @ Chu Yan, a Chinese merchant named as the largest Chinese property owner by Francis Light in 1793. Known in Tamil as Koli Kadai Sandhu | | 北間內 Pak-kan-laī | Within the town (pekan) |
| China Street | Lebuh China | After the Chinese inhabitants | | 大街 Toā-ke | Main street |
| China Street Ghaut | Gat Lebuh China | | 大街路頭 Toā-ke lơ̄-thaû
明山路頭 Bêng-san lơ̄-thaû | China St landing place
(Khoo) Beng San (shop) landing place |
| Chowrasta Road | Jalan Chowrasta | After the chowrasta or "four crossroads" market there | | 吉寧仔萬山 Kiet-lêng-á bān-san (also Tamil St) | Indian market |
| Chulia Lane | Lorong Chulia | After the Tamil (from the ancient Tamil kingdom of Chola) inhabitants | | 十七間 Tsap-chhi̍t-keng | Seventeen houses, after the row of seventeen houses of the same size there. |
| Chulia Street | Lebuh Chulia | | W. of Love Lane |
| 牛干冬 Gû-kan-tàng | Cattle pen (kendang) |
| Love Lane - Pitt St |
| 大門樓 Toā-mûiⁿ-laû | Great archway, after the two archways into a large compound house formerly here: see Sek Chuan Lane |
| E. of Pitt St |
羅粦街 Lơ̂-lîn-ke
吉寧仔街 Kiet-lêng-á-ke (now usually Market St) | (H. M.) Noordin (shop) street
Indian street |
| Chulia Street Ghaut | Gat Lebuh Chulia | | 吉寧仔街路頭 Kiet-lêng-á-ke lơ̄-thaû
姓楊公司街 Sὲⁿ-iơ̂ⁿ-kong-si-ke
柴路頭 Chhâ lơ̄-thaû
大水井 Toā-tsuí-chέⁿ (also Pitt St (middle)) | Chulia St landing place
Yeoh clanhouse street
Firewood landing place, where firewood used to be sold before Maxwell Rd was constructed
Great well, after the big water tank formerly there |
| Church Street | Lebuh Gereja | After the Portuguese Eurasian church located here in the late 18th century. | | 義興街 Gī-hin-ke | Ghee Hin secret society street, after the association house that formerly stood there. |
| Church Street Ghaut | Gat Lebuh Gereja | | 義興街路頭 Gī-hin-ke lơ̄-thaû
酒廊路頭 Chiu-lōng lơ̄-thaû | Church St landing place
Distillery landing-place, after the distillery operated at the junction of Church and Beach Sts by the Opium and Spirit Farm Offices. |
| Cintra Street | Lebuh Cintra | After the Portuguese town ofCintra. | | 新街橫街 Sin-ke hoâiⁿ-ke
拍袍街 Phah-phaù-ke | China St cross street
Brothel street, where the brothels of the lowest type were. |
| N. of Campbell St |
| 日本街 Ji̍t-pún-ke | Japanese (brothel) street |
| Clove Hall Road | Jalan Clove Hall | After the nearby residence of the Armenian Anthony family (see Arratoon Rd) | | | |
| Codrington Avenue | Lebuhraya Codrington | After Stewart Codrington, Acting Resident Councillor of Penang (1924) | | | |
| Dato' Kramat Road | Jalan Dato' Keramat | After the Dato' Kramat village, to which it led, named after an early-18th-century Muslim ascetic | | W. of Patani Rd |
| 四崁店 Sì-khám-tiàm | Four shops |
| E. of Patani Rd |
| 柑仔園 Kam-á-hûiⁿ | Mandarin orange plantation, after a former orange plantation there. The area was known in Malay asKebun Limau |
| Downing Street | Lebuh Downing | After Downing Street in London, the seat of government. | | 外關 Goā-koan
大人關 Taī-jîn-koan | Overseas Chinese protector's office |
| Drury Lane | Lorong Drury | After Drury Lane in London, where the Theatre Royal is. | | 新戲臺 Sin-hì-tâi | New Chinese theatre |
| Duke Street | Lebuh Duke | After Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, who visited and stayed here in 1869. | | | |
| W. of Fort Point | Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah | Self-describing. Fort Rd was the eastern section of the road leading from the tip of the cape, Fort Point, to the Jubilee Clock Tower roundabout. Both The Esplanade and Fort Rd were joined with the new road built west of Duke St to form a road named after Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah, Governor of Penang (1969-1975). | | 舊關仔角 Kū-koan-á-kak (also King Edward Place) | Old government corner - see also King Edward Place. When Gurney Drive was built, it was called the new Esplanade, or new government corner, even though there are no government buildings there. |
| The Esplanade |
| S. of Fort Point |
| Fort Road |
| New section W. of Duke St |
| Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah |
| Esplanade Road | Jalan Padang Kota Lama | Road leading from Light St to the Esplanade | | 草埔海墘路 Chhaú-pơ haí-kiⁿ-lơ̄ | Grass field (cricket ground) shorefront road |
| Farquhar Street | Lebuh Farquhar | After R. T. Farquhar, Lieutenant-Governor of Penang (1804-1805) | | W. of Leith St |
| 紅毛路 Âng-mơ̂-lơ̄ (also Northam Rd, to which it joins) | European road |
| Leith St - Love Lane |
蓮花河 Liên-hoa-hô
色蘭乳學前 Sek-lân-ní-o̍h-chêng
| Lotus-flower pond, after a lotus-pond formerly at the side of the old St George's Girl's School, which was filled up on account of many accidents involving people trying to get at the lotus.
In front of the Eurasian (Serani) school (St Xavier's Institution) |
| E. of Love Lane |
| 紅毛學前 Âng-mơ̂-o̍h-chêng | In front of the old Penang Free School |
| Free School Road | Jalan Free School | After the new Penang Free School there. | | | |
| Gaol Road | Jalan Penjara | After the Penang Gaol there. | | 新跤樞 Sin-kha-khu | New prison |
| Gladstone Road | Jalan Gladstone | After William Ewart Gladstone, late 19th century British prime minister. The western end of Gladstone Rd, where it joined Magazine Circus, was demolished with the construction of KOMTAR in 1985, and the remainder was demolished around 2000 with the building ofPrangin Mall. | | 火車路 Hoé-chhia-lơ̄ | Tram road |
| Glugor Road | Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah | After the area of Glugor, and the 19th century Glugor Estate of David Brown, where it leads, named after the assam glugor(tamarind) tree. | | | |
| Gottlieb Road | Jalan Gottlieb | After German lawyer Felix Henri Gottlieb who served in the Straits Settlements government from 1846 to 1882 | | | |
| Green Hall | Jalan Green Hall | | | 緞巴尼 Toān pá-lí
麒麟虎 Ki-lin hơ̄ | Mr (Tuan) Paddy's (land)
(phonetic) |
| Green Lane | Jalan Masjid Negeri | Formerly self-describing. New Malay name after the state mosque there. | | 青草巷 Chhεⁿ-chhaú-hāng | Green grass lane |
| Gurney Drive | Pesiaran Gurney | After Sir Henry Gurney, High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya (1950-1951) assassinated during the Malayan Emergency. | | 新關仔角 Sin-koan-á-kak | New Government Office Corner, i.e. New Esplanade. |
| Halfway Road | Jalan Sekerat | | | | |
| Herriot Street | Lebuh Herriot | After Stuart Herriot, British merchant who wrote the petition of the Capitan China, Chung Keng Kwee, and others in 1872, asking for British intervention in Perak after the Larut Riots. | | (過港仔第)八條路 (Koè-káng-á tē) peh-tiaû-lơ̄ | 8th road (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Hill Railway Road | Jalan Hill Railway | After the Penang Hill funicular railway station there. | | | |
| Hongkong Street | Jalan Cheong Fatt Tze | After the island of Hong Kong. New Malay name after Cheong Fatt Tze, 19th century merchant and Chinese consul in Penang, despite the fact that the famous Cheong Fatt Tze mansion is not here, but on Leith St. | | 香港街 Hiang-káng-ke | Hong Kong street |
| Hospital Road | Jalan Hospital | After the Penang General Hospital there | | 病厝路 Pε̄ⁿ-chhù-lơ̄ | Hospital road |
| Hutton Lane | Jalan Hutton | After Dr Hutton, one of the first doctors in Penang, who arrived in 1805. | | 惹蘭亞丁 Gia-lân-a-teng | (phonetic) |
| Jahudi Road | Jalan Zainal Abidin | After the former Jewishinhabitants and the Jewish cemetery that is still there. | | | |
| Jelutong Road | Jalan Jelutong | After the Jelutong village at the junction with Perak Rd, named after the Jelutong tree. | | 日落洞路 Ji̍t-lo̍h-tong-lơ̄ | (phonetic) |
| Town end |
| 下洞 ε̄-tong | Lower Jelutong road |
| Jelutong end |
頂洞 Téng-tong
上洞 Siāng-tong | Upper Jelutong road
id. |
| Kampong Deli | Kampung Deli | After the inhabitants from Deli,Medan. | | | |
| Kampong Kaka | Jalan Kampung Kaka | After the Malabarese Muslim (Kaka) inhabitants. | | | |
| Kampong Kolam | Jalan Kampung Kolam | After the large granite pool that stood there in the compound of the Kapitan Kling mosque. | | |
| Kampong Malabar | Lorong Kampung Malabar | After the Malabarese inhabitants | | 日本新路 Ji̍t-pún-sin-lơ̄ | New Japanese road |
| Katz Street | Lebuh Katz | After the importing agents, Katz Brothers Ltd, established in 1864. | | (過港仔第)六條路 (Koè-káng-á tē) la̍k-tiaû-lơ̄ | 6th road (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Kedah Road | Jalan Kedah | After the neighbouring Malay state of Kedah | Kampong Melaka | 鑑光麻六甲 Kām-kong mâ-la̍k-kah | Malaccan village, after the Malaccan inhabitants |
| Kelawei Road | Jalan Kelawai | From Kuala Awal, the first estuary west of George Town | | | |
| Keng Kwee Street | Lebuh Keng Kwee | After Capitan China Chung Keng Quee, who built the street and connected it with Penang Rd. | | 景貴街 Kéng-kùi-ke | Keng Kwee street |
| Kimberley Street | Lebuh Kimberley | After John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, British Colonial Secretary (1870-1874, 1880-1882). | | 汕頭街 Soaⁿ-thaû-ke
潮州街 Tiô-chiu-ke
麺線街 Mīⁿ-soàⁿ-ke
姓鄧公司街 Sὲⁿ-Tεⁿ-kong-si-ke
拍索仔巷 Phah-soh-á-hāng (also Rope Walk) | Swatow street
Teochew street, after the Teochew prostitutes from Swatow that formerly worked there
Rice-vermicelli makers' street
Teh clanhouse street
Ropemakers' street |
| King Edward Place | Pesara King Edward | After King Edward VII (reigned 1901-1910) | | (舊)關仔角 (Kū-) koan-á-kak (also the Esplanade) | (Old) government corner. The old Resident Councillor's Office and Penang Secretariat was a U-shaped building facing King Edward Place, with wings along Beach St and Weld Quay and backing onto Downing St, until it was destroyed by Allied bombing during the Second World War. The only remaining wing of the building is now occupied by Penang Religious Affairs Department on Beach St. |
| King Street | Lebuh King | After King George III (reigned 1760-1820). | | N. of Bishop St |
| 九間厝後 Kaú-keng-chhū-aū | Behind the nine houses |
| Bishop St – China St |
廣東大伯公街 Kuíⁿ-tang-toā-pεh-kong-ke
亞片公司街 À-phièn-kong-si-ke | Cantonese Heavenly Emperor's street, after the Cantonese temple there
Opium farm street, after the Opium & Spirit Farm Offices at the junction with China St |
| China St – Market St |
| 舊和勝公司街 Kū-hô-seng-kong-si-ke | Old Ho Seng secret society street |
| S. of Market St |
| 吉寧仔街 Kiet-lêng-á-ke (also Market St, formerly also Chulia St (E. of Pitt St)) | Indian street |
| Kuala Kangsar Road | Jalan Kuala Kangsar | After the town of Kuala Kangsar | | 番仔戲園街 Hoan-á-hì-hûiⁿ-ke | Malay theatre street |
| Kulim Lane | Lorong Kulim | After the town of Kulim | | 萬安臺 Bān-an-tâi
明戲台 Bêng-hì-tâi | Ban An theatre
(Ong) Beng (Tek)'s theatre |
| Leith Street | Lebuh Leith | After Major-General Sir George Leith, Lieutenant-Governor of Penang (1800-1803). Leith St Ghaut was formerly known as Martina's Lane, after Martina rozells, mistress of Francis Light | Nyior Cabang, after the palm trees that used to line it. | 相好厝前 Siang-hó-chhū-chêng | In front of Siang Ho's house |
| Leith Street Ghaut | Gat Lebuh Leith | | | |
| Light Street | Lebuh Light | After Captain Francis Light, Founder of Penang and first Superintendent of the colony (1786-1794) | | 玻理口 Po-lê-khaú | Entrance to the Police Court, now the Legislative Assembly buildings |
| Logan Road | Jalan Logan | After James Richardson Logan, lawyer and editor of the Pinang Gazette, to whom the Logan Memorial in the grounds of the Supreme Court Building on Light St is dedicated. | | | |
| Lorong Salamat | Lorong Selamat | | | 平安街 Phêng-an-ke | Peace street |
| Love Lane | Lorong Cinta | | | 色蘭乳巷 Sek-lân-ní-hāng (also Muntri St)
愛情巷 aì-chhêng-hāng | Eurasian (Serani) lane, after the Portuguese Eurasian inhabitants
Love lane |
| MacAlister Road | Jalan MacAlister | After Colonel Norman MacAlister, Governor of Penang (1807-1810) | Jalan Bharu | 中路 Tiong-lơ̄ | Middle road, being the middle road of the six roads that met at Magazine Circus. |
| MacAlister Lane | Lorong MacAlister | | 姓王公司後 Sὲⁿ-ông-kong-si-aū | Behind the Ong clanhouse |
| Macallum Street | Lebuh Macallum | After Colonel Sir Henry McCallum, Colonial Engineer of the Straits Settlements (1884-1889) | | (過港仔第)五條路 (Koè-káng-á tē) gơ̄-tiaû-lơ̄ | 5th road (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Madras Lane | Lorong Madras | After the Tamil inhabitants, from the Indian city of Madras | | 油絞路 Iû-ka-lơ̄
柴落頭 Chhâ-lơ̄-thaû | Oil mill road
Timber landing-place |
| Magazine Circus | | After the government gunpowder depot formerly there. | Simpang Enam, "Six-road Junction", self-descriptive until the demolition of Gladstone Rd and the construction of KOMTAR. | 五葩燈 Gơ̄-pha-teng
銃藥間 Chhèng-io̍h-keng
六叉路 La̍k-chhē-lơ̄ | Five-armed lamp
Gunpowder store
Six-road junction |
| Magazine Road | Jalan Magazine | | (過港仔)頭條路 (Koè-káng-á) thaû-tiaû-lơ̄ | 1st road (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Malay Street | Lebuh Melayu | After the Malay inhabitants | | 刣牛後 Thâi-gû-aū
刣牛巷 Thâi-gû-hāng | Behind the cattle slaughterhouse
Cattle slaughterhouse lane |
| Malay Street Ghaut | Gat Lebuh Melayu | | 刣牛巷路頭 Thaî-gû-hāng lơ̄-thaû | Malay St landing place |
| Market Lane | Lorong Pasar | After the Indian market formerly at Market St Ghaut. | | 廣福居巷 Kóng-hok-kū-hāng | Penang Mutual Improvement Association lane |
| Market Street | Lebuh Pasar | | 吉寧仔街 Kiet-lêng-á-ke (also King St (S. of Market St), formerly also Chulia St (E. of Pitt St))
巴虱街 Pá-sat-ke | Indian street
Market (pasar) street |
| Market Street Ghaut | Gat Lebuh Pasar | | 新萬山 Sin-bān-san | New market (bangsal) |
| Maxwell Road | Jalan Maxwell | After Sir Peter Benson Maxwell, Recorder of Penang (c. 1860), or his son Sir William Edward Maxwell, Acting Resident Councillor of Penang (1886-1889) | | W. of Gladstone Rd |
| 開恒美米絞 Khai-hêng-bí bí-ka | Khie Heng Bee ricemill |
| E. of Gladstone Rd |
柴埕 Chhâ-tiâⁿ
港仔墘 Káng-á-kîⁿ(also Prangin Rd (W. of Sungei Ujong Rd)) | Firewood yard, where firewood was principally sold
By the Prangin Ditch |
| McNair Street | Lebuh McNair | After Major John Frederick Adolphus McNair, Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Penang (1880-1884) | | | |
| Moulmein Close | Solok Moulmein | After the Burmese city ofMoulmein | | | |
| Muda Lane | Lorong Muda | After the Sungai Muda (river) | | 癞哥巷 Thái-ko-hāng | Lepers' lane, after the lepers who used to live here on the charity of a certain wealthy Chinaman |
| Muntri Street | Lebuh Muntri | Possibly after the Mantri (minister) of Larut, Ngah Ibrahim bin Long Ja'afar | | 南華醫院街 Lâm-hoa-i īⁿ-ke
新海南公司街 Sin-hái-lâm-kong-si-ke
色蘭乳巷 Sek-lân-ní-hāng (also Love Lane) | Lam Wah Ee Hospital street, after the hospital formerly here
New Hainanese association street
Eurasian (Serani) lane, after the inhabitants. |
| Nanking Street | Lebuh Nanking | After the Chinese city of Nanking. | | (過港仔第)七條路 (Kóe-káng-á tē) chhit-tiaû-lơ̄ | 7th road (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Noordin Street | Lebuh Noordin | After H. M. Noordin, Indian Muslim Merchant & one of the founders of the Kapitan Kling Mosque. | | (過港仔第)二條路 (Kóe-káng-á tē) jī-tiaû-lơ̄ | 2nd road (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Noordin Street Ghaut | Gat Lebuh Noordin | | 土橋尾 Thơ̄-kiô-boé
紅燈角 Âng-teng-kak | End of the earthen-bridge
Red lamp corner, after the red lamp used to guide boats at sea |
| Northam Road | Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah | New Malay name after the 7thYang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang, who visited Penang in 1982. | | 紅毛路 Âng-mơ̂-lơ̄ | European road |
| E. of Transfer Rd |
| 紅毛舊塚 Âng-mơ̂-kū-thióng | Old European cemetery, after the old Protestant and Roman Catholic Cemetery there. |
| Pangkor Road | Jalan Pangkor | After the Pangkor Treaty of 1874 | | | |
| Peel Avenue | Lebuhraya Peel | After Sir William Peel, Resident Councillor of Penang (1925-6), later Governor of Hong Kong | | | |
| Penang Road | Jalan Penang | After Penang | | About Chulia St |
| 吊人街 Tiaù-lâng-ke | Gallows street, where criminals were formerly hanged |
| About Chowrasta Market |
舊跤樞 Kū-kha-khu
寧爵厝前 Lêng-chiak-chhù-chêng | Old prison
In front of Lêng Chiak's house |
| About Prangin Ditch |
| 吊橋頭 Tiaù-kiô-thaû | Drawbridge head, after the bridge that formerly spanned the Prangin Ditch (see e.g. theMesjid Titi Papan) there |
| About the Magazine |
| 人車丁牌館 Lâng-chhia-tèng-pâi-koan | Rickshaw signboard office, after the rickshaw registration office |
| Penang Street | Lebuh Penang | | N. of Bishop St |
廣東街 Kúiⁿ-tang-ke
九間厝 Kaú-keng-chhù
| Cantonese street
Nine houses |
| Bishop St - Market St |
| 馬交街 Má-káu-ke | Macau / Cantonese street |
| S. of Market St |
| 齊知街 Che-ti-ke | Chettiar street, after the Chettiar money-lenders who operated there |
| Perak Road | Jalan Perak | After the sultanate of Perak | | 大路後 Toā-lơ̄-aū | Behind MacAlister Road |
| Phee Choon Lane | Lorong Phee Choon | | | 丕竣路 Phi-chùn-lơ̄ | Phee Choon road |
| Pitt Lane | Lorong Pitt | After William Pitt the Younger, who was British prime minister when Penang was founded (1783-1801, and again in 1804-1806). The new Malay name of Pitt St is after the Kapitan Kling mosque there, despite the fact that the street is also home to St George's Church, the Goddess of Mercy Temple (Buddhist) and the Mahamariamman Temple (Hindu), all dating back to the earliest years of George Town and indicative of its religious diversity. | | 潮州公司後 Tiô-chiu-kong-si-aū | Teochew association street |
| Pitt Street | Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling
| The junction with Chulia St is known as Simpang Lelong, or "Auction Junction", after the public auctions that were carried out here. | N. of China St |
| 觀音亭前 Koan-im-têng-chêng, also Kolam têng-chêng | In front of the Goddess of Mercy temple |
| China St - Chulia St |
| 大峇唻 Toā-ba-laí | Big police station (balai), after the Pitt St Police Station |
| S. of Chulia St |
椰跤 Iâ-kha
大水井 Toā-tsuí-chέⁿ (also Chulia St Ghaut) | Beneath the coconut trees
Great well |
| Prangin Lane | Lorong Prangin | After the Prangin River (now Ditch) along Prangin Rd | | 鹹魚埕 Kiâm-hû-tiâⁿ | Saltfish yard |
| Prangin Road | Jalan Lim Chwee Leong | | W. of Sungei Ujong Rd |
牛車街 Gû-chhia-ke
港仔墘 Káng-á-kîⁿ (also Maxwell Rd) | Bullock-cart street
By the Prangin Ditch |
| Sungei Ujong Rd - Carnarvon St |
| 開恒美街 Khai-hêng-bí-ke | Khie Heng Bee (shop) street |
| E. of Carnarvon St |
惠州公司街 Hūi-chiu-kong-si-ke
彎頭仔 Oân-thaû-á | Huichew association street
Little turning |
| Presgrave Street | Lebuh Presgrave | After Edward Presgrave, who founded the law firm of Presgrave & Matthews on Beach St in 1898. | | (過港仔第)三條路 (Kóe-káng-á tē) saⁿ-tiaû-lơ̄ | 3rd street (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Pykett Avenue | Lebuhraya Pykett | After the Rev. G. F. Pykett, headmaster of the Anglo-Chinese School, Penang (1892-1932) | | | |
| Queen Street | Lebuh Queen | After Queen Charlotte (consort to King George III 1761-1818) | Gedung Rumput | 十二間 Tsa̍p-jī-keng
舊和合社街 Kū-hô-ha̍p-siā-ke | Twelve houses, after twelve houses of the same height there
Old Ho Hup society street |
| Race Course Road | Jalan Lumba Kuda | After the Penang Turf Club racecourse there | | 大菜園路 Toā-chhài-hûiⁿ-lơ̄ | Big vegetable farm road |
| Rangoon Road | Jalan Rangoon | After the Burmese capital,Rangoon. | | | |
| Residency Road | Jalan Residensi | After the Residency, the official residence of the British Resident Councillor and now of the Governor of Penang, to which it leads. | | 二王厝路 Jī-ông-chhù-lơ̄ | Second king's house road. The Governor of the Straits Settlements in Singapore was the "first king"; the Resident Councillor of Penang the "second king". |
| Rope Walk | Jalan Pintal Tali | After the ropewalk formerly there | | 拍索巷 Phah-soh-hāng (also Kimberley St)
義福街 Gī-hok-ke | Ropemakers' lane
Ghee Hock society street |
| S. of Kimberley St |
| 煙筒路 Ien-tâng-lơ̄ | Kerosene-lamp tube road |
| Saltfish Lane | Lorong Ikan | | | 鹹魚仔巷 Kiâm-hû-á-hāng | Saltfish lane, lane off Prangin Lane |
| Sandilands Street | Lebuh Sandilands | After G. M. Sandilands, a British trader who co-founded Lorraine, Sandilands & Co. in Penang in 1859 | | (過港仔第)九條路 (Kóe-káng-á tē) kaú-tiaû-lơ̄ | 9th road (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Scotland Road | Jalan Scotland | Whimsically so called because of the estates there of Captain James Scott, business partner of Captain Francis Light, the founder of Penang. | | 峇抵眼東 Ba-tu-gan-tong | Batu Gantong, after the overhanging rock there. |
| Scott Road | Jalan D. S. Ramanathan | After Captain James Scott. New Malay name after Cllr D. S. Ramanathan, the first Mayor of the City of George Town (1957). | | | |
| Seh Tan Court | Halaman Seh Tan | After the Tan clan association there | | 姓陳公司 Sὲⁿ-tân-kong-si | Tan clanhouse |
| Seck Chuan Lane | Lorong Sek Chuan | | | 大門樓内 Toā-mûiⁿ-laû laī
| Within the great archway, the lane being one of two entrances to a big compound house there over which there was a large archway. |
| Sepoy Lines Road | Jalan Sepoy Lines | After the sepoy barracks formerly there | | |
| Soo Hong Lane | Lorong Soo Hong | After Khoo Soo Hong, a founding senator on the Khoo Kongsi board in 1851 | | | |
| Sri Bahari Road | Jalan Seri Bahari | After the Sri Kunj Bihari Temple established on Penang Rd byBihari members of the Bengali Regiment of the East India Company, whose endowment included houses on this road | | | |
| Stewart Lane | Lorong Stewart | After the Eurasian Stewart family who lived there | | 觀音亭後 Koan-im-têng-aū
三板巷 Sam-pán-hāng | Behind the Goddess of Mercytemple
Boat lane |
| Sungei Ujong Road | Jalan Sungai Ujong | After the district of Sungai Ujongin Negeri Sembilan | | 胡椒埕 Hơ̂-chio-tiâⁿ
萬得豐路 Bān-tek-hong-lơ̄ | Pepper yard
Bān Tek Hong (pepper yard) road |
| Tamil Street | Lebuh Tamil | After the Tamil inhabitants | | 吉寧仔萬山 Kiet-lêng-á bān-san (also Chowrasta Rd) | Indian market |
| Tek Soon Street | Lebuh Tek Soon | | | 柴埕後 Chhâ-tiâⁿ-aū
德順路 Tek-sūn lơ̄ | Behind Maxwell Rd (E. of Gladstone Rd)
Tek Soon road |
| Tengku Kudin Road | Jalan Tengku Kudin | After Tunku Dhiauddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainul Rashid (Tunku Kudin), crown prince of Kedah and Viceroy of Selangor at the time of the Treaty of Pangkor (1874), who settled in Penang after being exiled from Kedah (see also Tengku Kudin Rd) | | | |
| To Aka Lane | Lorong Toh Aka | | | 鑑光內橫路 Kàm-kong-laī-hoaîⁿ-lơ̄
拍鐵街巷仔 Phah-thih-ke hāng-á | Carnarvon Street cross street
Little lane off Beach St (Acheen St - Malay St) |
| Transfer Road | Jalan Transfer | After the transfer of the Straits Settlements from the Government of British India to the administration of the Colonial Office in 1867. | | 德順厝邊街 Tek-sūn-ke piⁿ-ke | Street by Tek Soon's house |
| Tye Sin Street | Lebuh Tye Sin | After Foo Tye Sin, a commissioner into the causes of the 1867 Penang Riots. | | (過港仔第)四條路 (Kóe-káng-á tē) sí-tiaû-lơ̄ | 4th road (past the Prangin Ditch) |
| Udini Road | Jalan Udini | After Tunku Dhiauddin ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainul Rashid (Tunku Kudin), crown prince of Kedah and Viceroy of Selangor at the time of the Treaty of Pangkor (1874), who settled in Penang after being exiled from Kedah (see also Tengku Kudin Rd) | | | |
| Union Street | Lebuh Union | Possibly after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1922) | | 玻理後 Po-lê-aū | Behind the Police Courts (now the Legislative Assembly buildings) |
| Van Praagh Road | Jalan Van Praagh | | | | |
| Victoria Green Road | Jalan Padang Victoria | After Victoria Green, the grounds of Chinese Recreation Club which boast a statue of Queen Victoria, there. | | | |
| Victoria Street | Lebuh Victoria | After Queen Victoria (reigned 1836-1901), Queen and Empress of India. | | 海墘新路 Haí-kiⁿ-sin-lơ̄ (also Weld Quay) | New road by the waterfront |
| Waterfall Road | Jalan Air Terjun | After the waterfall in the neighbouring Penang Botanic Gardens | | 亞逸倒潤 A-e̍k-tò-lūn | Ayer Terjun, waterfall. |
| Weld Quay | Pengkalan Weld | After Sir Frederick Weld, Governor of the Straits Settlements (1880-1887) | | 新海墘街 Sin-haí-kiⁿ-ke
海墘新路 Haí-kiⁿ-sin-lơ̄ (also Victoria St) | New-waterfront street
New road by the waterfront |
| Western Road | Jalan Utama | Self-describing. | | 紅毛新塚 Âng-mơ̂-sin-thióng
平安巷 Pêng-an-hāng
西華巷 Sai-hoa-hāng | New European cemetery
Peace lane
Western grand lane |
| York Road | Jalan York | After the English city of York. Whimsically so called because it leads to Scotland Rd. | | | |
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