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Ghaut (4)]
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- Hokkien, iâ kha 椰腳 "coco-nut foot”; there were many cocoa-nut trees there.
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- Prangin Road:
- Part I., between Beach Street and Carnarvon Street.
- Hokkien, Oân thâu-á 灣頭仔 "the small turning," i. e., the turning from Beach Street. Cantonese, Wan thau chai 灣頭仔
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- Hokkien, Hūi Chiu Kong-si ke 惠洲公司街 "the street where the Kong-si house of the Hui chiu people is. Hui Chiu is the name of a prefecture in South China whence the Khehs or Hakkas come.
- Cantonese, wai chau kung-si kai 惠洲公司街
- Part II., between Carnarvon Street and Sungei Ujong.
- Hokkien, Khai Hêng Bí ke 開恆美街 the street where Chop Khie Heng Be (rice merchant) is.
- Cantonese, Hoi Hang Mi kai 開恆美街
- Part III., between Sungei Ujong and Penang Road.
- Hokkien, Gû chhia ke 牛車街 "bullock-cart street," from the bullock-cart builders' shops there. N. B. This road and Maxwell Road are often called Káng-á kíⁿ "the rivulet side," because of their proximity to the Prangin Ditch.
- Cantonese, Ngau chhe kai 牛車街
- Prangin Lane:
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- Hokkien, Kiâm hû tiâⁿ 鹽許埕 "salt fish yard," so called because salt-fish are dried and cured there, at the back part of the shops facing Prangin Road.
- Presgrave Street:
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- Hokkien, Koè káng-á tē saⁿ tiaû lō͘ 過港仔第三條路 "passed rivulet, number three street,'
