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Lion Rock

Lion Rock proper noun: an island of Kinmen County, Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait, also known as Shi Islet.

Proper noun

Lion Rock

  1. An island of Kinmen County, Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait, also known as Shi Islet
    • The flag of Taiwan is seen painted on Shihyu Islet in front of Xiamen, a coastal city in China, in Lieyu Township, Kinmen, Taiwan, October 19, 2021.[2022 March 9, Ben Blanchard, Yew Lun Tian, “Taiwan says China is too busy with party congress to raise tensions now”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Mar...
    • The Kinmen Defense Command said the drone entered restricted airspace over Shiyu island just after noon.[2022 September 1, “Taiwanese troops shoot down drone over island outpost”, in AP News, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022
    Synonyms:
    Lion, Lion Islet, Lion Island, Lion Fortress
  2. A hill in Sha Tin district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
    Synonyms:
    Lion Rock Hill
  3. A mountain in Tulare county, California, United States, on the Great Western Divide in the Sierra Nevadas.
  4. A headland in Piha Beach, Auckland region, North Island, New Zealand, in the Waitākere Ranges on the Pacific Ocean.
    Synonyms:
    Te Piha, Te Piha Rock

Synonyms of Lion Rock

Origin of Lion Rock

From lion + rock. * (Lion Rock, Kowloon): From being a rock formation having a form reminiscent of a crouching lion

Words formed from Lion Rock

Questions about Lion Rock

What does Lion Rock mean?
Lion Rock means an island of Kinmen County, Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait, also known as Shi Islet.
What part of speech is Lion Rock?
Lion Rock is a proper noun.

Words near Lion Rock in the dictionary

  1. lion lizards
  2. lion mask
  3. lion masks
  4. Lion of Judah
  5. Lion of St. Mark
  6. Lion Rock
  7. lion skin
  8. lion tamarin
  9. lion tamarins
  10. lion tamer
  11. lion tamers

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