Deep Water Bay
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly a calque of Cantonese 深水灣/深水湾 (sam1 seoi2 waan1, literally “Deep Water Bay”).
Proper noun edit
- An area in Southern district, Hong Kong.
- 2005 April 22, Alex Frew McMillan, “Hong Kong is hot again”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 November 2023, Real Estate[2]:
- Most of those properties are in the city's most exclusive areas, on Victoria Peak or the neighborhoods on the south side of Hong Kong Island, like Deep Water Bay. In those secluded areas, leafy lanes give way to gardens, pools and high-end houses. Luxury apartments in the same locations shared similar price leaps.
- A bay of Hong Kong Island in Deep Water Bay, Southern district, Hong Kong.
- 2006, “Hong Kong Beaches”, in The New York Times, Fodor's[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Travel[4]:
- At Deep Water Bay the action starts at dawn every morning, all year long, when members of the Polar Bear Club go for a dip.