Hong Kong Island

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hong Kong +‎ island.

Proper noun

Hong Kong Island

  1. An island east of the Pearl River Delta in the South China Sea, the site of the City of Victoria in Hong Kong, and original concession for Hong Kong.
    • 2025 April 3, Erin Mendell, “Surfers Take What They Can Get in Hong Kong’s Unexciting Waters”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 April 2025[2]:
      The surf scene in Hong Kong — a territory that includes more than 250 islands in the South China Sea — is concentrated at a few beaches that lack consistent year-round swell. But those beaches are relatively accessible to a city of about 7.5 million people.
      The best-known and easiest to access is Big Wave Bay on the east coast of Hong Kong Island, the main one in the territory.
  2. A region of Hong Kong.

Synonyms

  • (dated) Victoria Island

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