Complex sentence: The Cantonese name "Yuen Long" (元朗, originally 圓塱), literally means raised bank of rivers with circular shape, refers to the alluvial plain-the Yuen Long Plain-in northwestern New Territories.
Split into simpler sentences: The Cantonese name "Yuen Long" (元朗, originally 圓塱), literally "circular-shaped river banks". This refers to the alluvial plain-the Yuen Long Plain-in the northwestern New Territories.