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Greater Bay Area

Greater Bay Area proper noun: a geographic region and megalopolis in South China, consisting of nine cities of the province of Guangdong (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Huizhou, and Zhaoqing) and two special administrative regions: Hong Kong and Macau.

Proper noun

Greater Bay Area

  1. A geographic region and megalopolis in South China, consisting of nine cities of the province of Guangdong (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Huizhou, and Zhaoqing) and two special administrative regions: Hong Kong and Macau.
    • Hong Kong has also proposed a program, Wealth Management Connect, that would give mainland residents in the southern region known as the Greater Bay Area the ability to invest in Hong Kong-based hedge funds and investment firms.2021 April 7, Alexandra Stevenson, “Hong Kong Courts the Rich as China Tightens Its Grip”, in The New York Times (Today in Business section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Origin of Greater Bay Area

Calque of Chinese 大灣區 /大湾区 (Dàwānqū).

Questions about Greater Bay Area

What does Greater Bay Area mean?
Greater Bay Area means a geographic region and megalopolis in South China, consisting of nine cities of the province of Guangdong (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Huizhou, and Zhaoqing) and two special administrative regions: Hong Kong and Macau.
What part of speech is Greater Bay Area?
Greater Bay Area is a proper noun.

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