Hong Kong Island
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proper noun
- 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.
- A region of Hong Kong.
Synonyms
- (dated) Victoria Island
Translations
island east of the Pearl River