Victoria Harbour

English

Etymology

Named after British monarch Queen Victoria.

Proper noun

Victoria Harbour

1. A harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north.
   • 2005 April 3, Keith Bradsher, “Makeover for a Chinese Harbor's Landmark”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-29, TRAVEL‎^[2]:

     Putting the viewing platform on the roof will provide a much better view of islands to the south of Hong Kong Island, in the opposite direction from Victoria Harbour, which the tower faces.

   • 2019 August 3, Shibani Mahtani, Anna Kam, “Hong Kong protests spill into tourist district with tear gas and arrests”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-03, Asia & Pacific‎^[4]:

     Saturday’s march — the ninth weekend of sustained protests — deviated from a route authorized by police and went into the tourist-heavy shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon, which looks onto Victoria Harbor.

   • 2023 December 13, “China debuts homegrown C919 jet in Hong Kong ahead of Victoria Harbour fly-past”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[5], archived from the original on 30 December 2023, Hong Kong:

     Now on display at Hong Kong International Airport, the C919 will fly over the city’s Victoria Harbour on Saturday.

Translations

harbour in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 維多利亞港／维多利亚港 (wai⁴ do¹ lei⁶ aa³ gong²), 維港／维港 (wai⁴ gong²)

  Mandarin: 維多利亞港／维多利亚港 (zh) (Wéiduōlìyà Gǎng), 維港／维港 (zh) (Wéigǎng)

Further reading

• Victoria Harbour, Victoria Harbor at Google Ngram Viewer