City of Victoria
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Queen Victoria.
Proper noun
edit- A city in Hong Kong.
- 1999 April 18, Mark Landler, “WHAT'S DOING IN; Hong Kong”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 September 2009, Travel[2]:
- Hong Kong is an indifferent guardian of its past, with old buildings too frequently torn down in favor of nondescript high-rises. But a new exhibit of historical photographs, "City of Victoria," offers a fascinating record of Hong Kong's history.
- 2021 December 17, Joyce Ng, Sammy Heung, “Where is the City of Victoria? Authenticity confirmed for 3 more boundary stones marking Hong Kong’s first colonial settlement”, in South China Morning Post[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 17, 2021, Society[4]:
- Seven such stones were found earlier, marking out the City of Victoria, Hong Kong’s first urban settlement after it became a British colony. The boundary of the settlement was gazetted in 1903.