Braemar Hill

English

Etymology

Named after British Royal Navy officer Gordon Bremer.[1]

Pronunciation

  • enPR: brāmärʹ[2]

Proper noun

Braemar Hill

  1. An area of Eastern district, Hong Kong.
    • 2015 December 18, Nury Vittachi, “Nury’s Diary: Concentration camp being built in Macau”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎[2], archived from the original on 23 November 2023:
      MEANWHILE ON THE internet, people are swapping examples of the worst examples of parking in Hong Kong. Here’s a picture this columnist took the other day in Braemar Hill. The motorist has managed to park not exactly in the middle of the road, but pretty close.
  2. A hill in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
    • 2014, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 195:
      The British positions at Mount Butler, Mount Parker, Braemar Hill and the urban area of North Point were all under heavy assault.
    • 2020 May 13, “The best hikes with views of Hong Kong – take in the skyline from a new and unique angle”, in South China Morning Post‎[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 May 2020, Trail Running‎[4]:
      There are a few criss-crossed trails, and not all have signs, but head for Braemar Hill. […]
      Now on the trail, you’ll have to push your way through some branches and maybe some spiderwebs, but only a couple of minutes away is a large outcrop of rocks, which you can clamber up and see Hong Kong from a magnificent angle.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Andrew Yanne, Gillis Heller (2009) Signs of a Colonial Era, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 41
  2. ^ cf. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Braemar”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 259, column 3
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