List of streets in George Town, Penang
List of street names
This list is by no means exhaustive. Road name changes (as opposed to translations) are marked in green.

List of streets in George Town, Penang

Section Title: List of street names
Table Section Text: This list is by no means exhaustive. Road name changes (as opposed to translations) are marked in green.

English name	Official Malay name	Etymology	Traditional Malay name	Traditional Tamil name	Tamil etymology	Hokkien name	Hokkien etymology

Aboo Sittee Lane	Lorong Abu Siti	After Aboo Sittee @ Mamak Pushi, who founded the Malay opera form known as bangsawan in Penang in the 1870s	Lorong Pushi, after Mamak Pushi	三牲巷 Sam-seng-hāng	Gangsters' lane

Acheen Street	Lebuh Acheh	After the Arab traders from Acheh who 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

Adams Road	Jalan Adams	After Sir Arthur Adams (1861–1937), lawyer and Legislative Councillor.

Ah Quee Street	Lebuh Ah Quee	After Capitan China Chung Keng Quee, who presented it to the Municipality	Lorong Takia, after the kampong that used to be 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 to 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	Possibly after George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India (1868–74).	萬葛里巷 Bang-ka-lí hāng	Bengali (or Sikh) lane

Ariffin Road	Jalan Ariffin	After Haji Syed Ariffin, a Muslim alim in the 1880s and 1890s

Armenian Street	Lebuh Armenian	After the Armenian Orthodox Church that used to be there.	ஆர்மேனியன் வீதி Ārmēṉiyaṉ Vīti	After the Armenian Orthodox Church that used to be there.	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	ஆர்மேனியன் வண்ணார் தெருவில் Ārmēṉiyaṉ Vannan Theruvu	Street of the dhobies in Armenian street	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.

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

Batu Lanchang Road	Jalan Tan Sri Teh Ewe Lim	After the area of Batu Lancang.

Barrack Road	Jalan Barrack	After the sepoy barracks that used to be there	兵房路 Peng-pâng-lơ̄	Barrack road

Beach Street	Lebuh Pantai	Self-describing. The street ran along the shoreline until the construction of Weld Quay.	பீச் வீதி Pīc Vīti	N. of China St

Jalan Gedung "Warehouse street" 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-thi̍h-ke	Blacksmiths' street

S. of Malay St

Ujong Pasir "Beach end" 社尾 Siā-bóe	Village end

Biggs Road	Jalan Biggs	After the Rev. Louis Coutier Biggs, colonial chaplain in Penang (1885–97), who founded the St George's Chinese Mission (now St Paul's Church)	பிக்ஸ் வீதி Piks Vīti	After the Rev. Louis Coutier Biggs, colonial chaplain in Penang (1885–97), who founded the St George's Chinese Mission (now St Paul's Church)

Birch Road	Jalan Birch	After James Kortright Birch, Resident Councillor of Penang (1905–1906) and Acting Resident Councillor from (3 March 1897 - August 1898, April 1901 - November 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.	பிஷப் வீதி Piṣap Vīti	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.	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 that used to be 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 that formed part of the boundary of the City of George Town

Brick Kiln Road	Jalan Gurdwara	After the brick kiln that used to be there. The area was known as Bakar Bata or 罇仔窰 Chuíⁿ-á-iô.	Bakar Bata "Brick Kiln"	செங்கல் சூளை சாலை Ceṅkal cūḷai Cālai	After the brick kiln that used to be 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.	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

Brown Road	Jalan Brown	After David Brown (1778–1825), an early settler and planter and at one time the largest landowner in Penang, to whom a memorial stands at Padang Brown (Dato' Kramat Gardens)

Buckingham Street	Lebuh Buckingham	After Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, British Colonial Secretary (1867-8)	பக்கிங்காம் தெரு சந்தி Pakkiṅkām teru canti	junction of Buckingham Street	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 "Water-cart road"	車水路 Chhia-chúi-lơ̄	Drawing-water road, after the aqueduct that ran along the road (see e.g. the Mesjid Tarek Ayer there)

Campbell Street	Lebuh Campbell	After Sir George William Robert Campbell, Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Penang (1872–1873)	Jalan Nona Bahru "New maidens street"	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 used to be 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 the military cantonment at Sepoy Lines, to which it leads. The new Malay name of Cantonment Road Ghaut is 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, British Colonial Secretary (1866-7, 1874–1878) at the time of the Treaty of Pangkor.	鑑光內 Kàm-kong-laī	Within the village (kampung)

Carnarvon Street	Lebuh Carnarvon	Carnarvon Street	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	After Caunter Hall, the house of George Caunter, Acting Superintendent of Prince of Wales Island (1797) who was deputed to Kedah to negotiate the purchase of Province Wellesley, there.

Cecil Street	Lebuh Cecil	After Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Governor of the Straits Settlements (1887–93).	(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	இலங்கை வீதி Ilaṅkai Vīti	After the Tamil Sri Lankans inhabitants	四十間 Sì-tsa̍p-keng	Forty houses

Cheapside	Cheapside	After Cheapside, a street in London 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.	கோழி சந்தை கோழி சந்தை Koli Kadai Sandhu	After a Poultry market that exist there.During that time, Che Em Lane was the centre for poultry hawkers.	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

Chow Thye Road	Jalan Chow Thye	After Loke Chow Thye (died 1931), a prominent Selangor miner who was educated at the Penang Free School.

Chulia Lane	Lorong Chulia	After the Tamil inhabitants, then known as Chulias after the ancient Tamil kingdom of Chola	十七間 Tsap-chhi̍t-keng	Seventeen houses, after the row of seventeen houses of the same size there.

Chulia Street	Lebuh Chulia	கலிங்க வீதி Kaliṅka Vīti	After the ancient Tamil kingdom of Chola or Kalinga	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 that used to be 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-chuí-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 that used to be there

Church Street	Lebuh Gereja	After the Portuguese Eurasian church located here in the late 18th century.	சர்ச் வீதி Tēvālayam Vīti	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 used to stand 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 of Sintra.	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

Claimant Place	Pesara Claimant	Supposedly after the claimant in the Tichborne Case

Clarke Street	Lebuh Clarke	After Major-General Sir Andrew Clarke, Governor of the Straits Settlements (1873-5)

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, President of the Municipal Commissioners of George Town and Acting Resident Councillor of Penang (1924)

Cross Street	Lebuh Lintang	Self-describing. It used to cross from Gladstone Rd to Magazone Rd.

Dato Keramat 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 as Kebun Limau

Dickens Street	Lebuh Dickens	After John Dickens, judge and magistrate of Prince of Wales Island (appointed 1801)

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) because of the Chinese theatre there.	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.

Dundas Court	After Philip Dundas, Lieutenant-Governor of Penang (1805–1807). The road was a cul-de-sac opposite Leith St Ghaut, but was demolished when Northam Rd was extended to create the Farquhar St-Northam Rd one-way system.

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.	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

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 at the side of the old St George's Girls' School, which was filled up on account of many accidents involving people trying to get at the lotus.

E. of Love Lane

紅毛學前 Âng-mơ̂-o̍h-chêng	In front of the old Penang Free School

Fish Lane	Lorong Ikan	மீன் வீதி Mīṉ Vīti	Fish Lane, because this street is famous for laying out salted fish to dry	鹹魚仔巷 Kiâm-hû-á-hāng	Saltfish lane, lane off Prangin Lane

Free School Road	Jalan Free School	After the new Penang Free School there.

Gaol Road	Jalan Penjara	After the Penang Gaol there.	புதிய சிறைச்சாலை Putiya ciṟaiccālai	After the Jail located there	新跤樞 Sin-kha-khu	New prison

Gladstone Road	Jalan Gladstone	After William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98), 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 of Prangin 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.	குளுகோர் வீதி Gelugor Vīti	Gelugor Road : After the area of Glugor, and the 19th century Glugor Estate.

Gottlieb Road	Jalan Gottlieb	After Felix Henry Gottlieb, a lawyer who served in the Straits Settlements government from 1846 to 1882

Green Hall	Jalan Green Hall	உப்பு காரன் தெரு Uppukaran Teru	Meaning "salt traders' street. Salt trading widely occur here and controlled by Indians.	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

Hargreaves Road	Jalan Hargreaves	After W Hargreaves (died 1939), a former principal of the Penang Free School.

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)

Hogan Road	Jalan Hogan	After R A P Hogan, a prominent Penang lawyer in the 1870s

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 Jewish inhabitants 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, after the kampong there.	鑑光麻六甲 Kām-kong mâ-la̍k-kah	Malaccan village.

Kelawei Road	Jalan Kelawei	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

Khoo Sian Ewe Road	Jalan Khoo Sian Ewe	After Khoo Sian Ewe (1886-1964), President of the Penang Chinese Town Hall, philanthropist and Straits Settlements Legislative Councillor

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 used to work 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.

King Street	Lebuh King	After King George III (reigned 1760–1820).	படகோட்டியே தெரு Padahukara Teru	Meaning "boatmen's street", The street was occupied by sailors and ship workers from South India who work at nearby port	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	கோலாகங்சார் சாலை Kōlākaṅcār Calai	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 known as Martina's Lane, after Martina Rozells, mistress of Francis Light, but no longer appears on maps.	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)	லைட் வீதி Laiṭ Vīti	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

Lines Road	Jalan S. P. Chelliah	After army lines (barracks) that used to be there.	செல்லையா வீதி cellaiyā Vīti

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 Indian city of Madras	மதராஸ் வழி Matarās Vali	After 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 that used to be there.	Simpang Enam, "Six-road Junction"	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, self-descriptive until the demolition of Gladstone Rd and the construction of KOMTAR.

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	மலாய் வீதி Malay Vīti	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 that used to be at Market St Ghaut.	மார்க்கெட் தெரு Mārkkeṭ Teru	After the Market St Ghaut which dominated by Indian Traders	廣福居巷 Kóng-hok-kū-hāng	Penang Mutual Improvement Association lane

Market Street	Lebuh Pasar	கடை தெரு Kadai Teru	street of shops	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 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 of Moulmein (now Mawlamyaing)

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 that used to be here New Hainanese association street Eurasian (Serani) lane, after the inhabitants.

Nagore Road	Jalan Nagore	After the Indian city of Nagore	நாகூர் வீதி Nākūr Vīti	After the Indian city of Nagore

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)

New Lane	Lorong Baru

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 7th Yang 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	ஏழு முச்சந்தி Ealu Muchanti, also known as ராஜாதி மேடு Rājāti Medu	Known as Junction of 7 roads because of intersection of 7 roads at the Magazine Road Junction. Meanwhile, Rājāti Medu (ராஜாதி மேடு) means 'Queens's Mount', which refer to the celebration arch at Odean Junction.	About Chulia St

吊人街 Tiaù-lâng-ke	Gallows street, where criminals used to be 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 used to spann the Prangin Ditch (see e.g. the Mesjid 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	கட்டங்கி தெரு Kattangi Teru	Meaning "street of the Chettiar office".As this is the street where the Tamil moneylenders have their office which known as Kattangi.	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

Peirce Road	Jalan Peirce	After the Municipal Engineer of Penang in the 1890s

Perak Road	Jalan Perak	After the sultanate of Perak	பேராக் சாலை Pērāk Cālai	After the state 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

Pigott Road	Jalan Pigott	After F J Pigott, Colonial Engineer and Surveyor-General of the Straits Settlements (1905-21)

Pinhorn Road	Jalan Pinhorn	After R H Pinhorn, headmaster of the Penang Free School (1905–21)

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 (Taoist) 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 ("Auction Junction") after the public auctions that were carried out here.	ஏலம் முச்சந்த்தி Ēlam Muccantti	Means Auctioneer's Junction".	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-chuí-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 Dr 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 "Hay barn"	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 there, where rope was made from coconut fibres.	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

Ross Road	Jalan Ross	After Frederick John Caunter Ross, who founded the Penang law firm of Logan & Ross in 1874

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 James Scott, a companion of Francis Light and founder of Jamestown (now Bayan Lepas). New Malay name after Cllr D.

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 Indian sepoy barracks that used to be 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 Sri Bahari	After the Sri Kunj Bihari Temple established on Penang Rd by Bihari members of the Bengali Regiment of the East India Company, whose endowment included houses on this road.	ஸ்ரீ பிகாரி வீதி Sri Bahari Vīti	After the Sri Kunj Bihari Temple established on Penang Rd by Bihari 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 Mercy temple Boat lane

Sungei Ujong Road	Jalan Sungai Ujong	After the district of Sungai Ujong in 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	தமிழ் வீதி Tamiḻ vīti	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	After Cheah Tek Soon, a prominent 19th century Chinese businessman and opium farmer.	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 Udini 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-chhù-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) sì-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)

Vermont Road	Jalan Vermont	After J F B Vermont, a leader of the European community in Penang in the 1880s and 1890s.

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)	கிடங்கு தெரு Kitengi teru. Also known as	Meaning warehouse street	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	English name self-describing. The Residency of the Governor is here, and the new Malay name means "principal road", after the style of the Governor, Tuan Yang Terutama, literally "most principal lord/master", which is used in place of the English style "His Excellency".	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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Peel Avenue in Penang is named after William Peel.

final_sentence: Peel Avenue in Penang is named after William Peel.