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Deep Bay

Deep Bay proper noun: a hill between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Proper noun

Deep Bay

  1. A hill between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
    • They are the refugees who swim from China across the waters of Deep Bay to Hong Kong. The escaping refugees spend four to eight hours in the water, dodging Chinese gunboats and battling the tides. They usually swim to a beacon about midway between the two shores and then make for another beacon on...
    • The large oysters of Laufaushan, which are cultivated, in beds extending far out into Deep Bay, are the delight of Hong Kong gourmets and the despair of the refugees because the refugees land with their arms and legs cut and bleeding from crawling across the oyster beds.1972 June 22, Ian Stewart, “Chinese Refugees Swim Across a Perilous Bay to Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2020, page 2
  2. A locality in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
    Synonyms:
    Hau Hoi Wan

Synonyms of Deep Bay

  • Hau Hoi Wan

Questions about Deep Bay

What does Deep Bay mean?
Deep Bay means a hill between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
What part of speech is Deep Bay?
Deep Bay is a proper noun.

Words near Deep Bay in the dictionary

  1. deep and meaningful
  2. deep and meaningfuls
  3. deep auricular arteries
  4. deep auricular artery
  5. deep background
  6. Deep Bay
  7. deep blue
  8. deep blue sea
  9. deep blue seas
  10. deep blues
  11. deep brain stimulation

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