Name
The road was originally named as MacDonnell Road. To avoid confusion with MacDonnell Road on the Hong Kong Island, its name changed to Canton Road. The roads in the area were mainly named after cities of China and Vietnam. The translator of Canton Road misintrepreted Canton as Guangdong (廣東) instead of the city of Canton (廣州).
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