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Middle Gap

Middle Gap proper noun: a mountain pass in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

the Middle Gap

  1. A mountain pass in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
    • While moving there they came under heavy fire from Doi's men on the hill and had to be withdrawn to Middle Gap, where they spent the night exposed to pouring rain and a cold wind – a cheerless prelude to a dawn attack.1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, “The Fall of Hong Kong”, in The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore, volume I, →OCLC, page 137
    • The Japanese tunnels were crude, carved out of the hills. Mr Bruce said one could be found along the path running from Middle Gap to Middle Gap Road, another on a path near Queen Mary Hospital.1997 June 1, “The secret sites of an underground war”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2024

Examples of Middle Gap in a sentence

  • The vehicle had been boosted from the public car park up at Middle Gap on the Peak of Hong Kong Island and kept out of sight in a lock-up garage in Kennedy Town until darkness fell.2013 April 4, Steven Griffiths, In Gwan-Dai's Name, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
  • Middle Gap is about halfway along Black's Link.2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...

Origin of Middle Gap

From middle + gap.

Questions about Middle Gap

What does Middle Gap mean?
Middle Gap means a mountain pass in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
How do you use Middle Gap in a sentence?
The vehicle had been boosted from the public car park up at Middle Gap on the Peak of Hong Kong Island and kept out of sight in a lock-up garage in Kennedy Town until darkness fell.
What part of speech is Middle Gap?
Middle Gap is a proper noun.

Words near Middle Gap in the dictionary

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  6. Middle Gap
  7. Middle Greek
  8. middle ground
  9. middle grounds
  10. middle guard
  11. middle guards

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