Fortress Hill

English

Etymology

Named after a nearby fortress.

Proper noun

Fortress Hill

1. An area in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
   • 2019 September 15, Mike Ives, Elaine Yu, “Hong Kong Protesters March Again, Defying the Police”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 September 2019, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     At one point on Saturday, scuffling broke out in the Fortress Hill neighborhood of Hong Kong Island near the site of a vandalized Lennon Wall. […]
     New clashes between civilians erupted Sunday night in Fortress Hill and nearby North Point.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 炮臺山／炮台山 (paau³ toi⁴ saan¹)

Further reading

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