Islands

See also: islands, Íslands, and Īslands

English

Etymology

From island, chosen because the district is located in an archipelago on the coast.

Proper noun

Islands

1. A district of Hong Kong.
   • 2019 November 25, Kris Cheng, “Hong Kong District Council election: Democrats take control of 17 out of 18 councils in landslide victory”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 July 2020:

     The democrats now have majority control in almost all areas except the Islands District Council, where they won seven seats, and the pro-Beijing camp obtained 11 seats. Eight of the seats in the Islands District belong to ex-officio members, which were not included in Sunday’s election.

   • 2021 February 3, Lam Ka-sing, “Hong Kong’s outlying islands see popularity surge as homebuyers swap convenience of city life for peace and quiet amid shift to remote working”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 03, 2021, Business‎^[3]:

     The Islands district saw a 28.5 per cent leap in transactions in the secondary housing market last year to 1,699, according to Midland Realty. That was the fourth largest increase among the 18 districts, up from 10th in 2019.

Translations

district of Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 離島區／离岛区 (lei⁴ dou² keoi¹)

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Islands

1. genitive singular of Island

Livonian

Proper noun

Islands

1. inessive singular of Island

Swedish

Proper noun

Islands

1. genitive of Island

Anagrams

• slidans