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Magazine Gap

Magazine Gap proper noun: a mountain pass in Mid-Levels, Central and Western district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Magazine Gap

  1. A mountain pass in Mid-Levels, Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
    • Every winter, the birds move south to the city for warmer weather, food and shelter. The society estimates there are 1,300 black kites in Hong Kong. Magazine Gap in Mid-Levels alone is home to 800.2011 January 12, Jennifer Lo, “Where eagles nest”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2023
    • At 1330 hours 23rd December communication was re-established with HQ West Infantry Brigade at Magazine Gap and it was learnt that about 250 enemy were round St. Albert's Convent, that our troops on the Northern slopes of Mount Cameron were withdrawing and that Magazine Gap and Wanchai Gap were...2015, John Grehan, Martin Mace, Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942, Pen and Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135

Examples of Magazine Gap in a sentence

  • At 1330 hours 23rd December communication was re-established with HQ West Infantry Brigade at Magazine Gap and it was learnt that about 250 enemy were round St.2015, John Grehan, Martin Mace, Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942, Pen and Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:
  • Corrigan took his patrol up Coombe Road and reported to Lt-Col Frederick Field, RA, who was in charge of troops at Magazine Gap.2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...
  • The main route between Victoria Gap and Magazine Gap suffered severely, especially in the former area.2020, Victor S. Ient, These Valiant Men: The Story of Eight British Servicemen in World War II in the Far East, Troubador Publishing Ltd...
  • The house was in a very exposed position, close to Magazine Gap, in an area that was subject to frequent shelling.2022, Philip Cracknell, The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...

Origin of Magazine Gap

From magazine (“an ammunition storehouse”) + gap.

Questions about Magazine Gap

What does Magazine Gap mean?
Magazine Gap means a mountain pass in Mid-Levels, Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
How do you use Magazine Gap in a sentence?
At 1330 hours 23rd December communication was re-established with HQ West Infantry Brigade at Magazine Gap and it was learnt that about 250 enemy were round St.
What part of speech is Magazine Gap?
Magazine Gap is a proper noun.

Words near Magazine Gap in the dictionary

  1. magazine cameras
  2. magazine dress
  3. magazine dresses
  4. magazine folder
  5. magazine folders
  6. Magazine Gap
  7. magazine gun
  8. magazine guns
  9. magazine show
  10. magazine stove
  11. magazine stoves

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