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Mount Gough

Mount Gough proper noun: a peak in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Mount Gough

  1. A peak in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
    • 2. Polygata arillata, Hamilt.–Wight et Arn. Prod. vol. i. p.39.
      Very rare. A shrub on Mount Gough, and another on Mount Victoria (since destroyed by the Chinese), were all that had been seen.1851, George Bentham, “Florula Hongkongensis: an Enumeration of the Plants collected in the Island of Hong-Kong, by J. G. Champion, 95th Reg., the determination revised and the new species described...
    • I was instructed to deliver the 6-inch How shells and cartridges to the gun positions at Mount Austin and Mount Gough. I arrived at Aberdeen headquarters, where the lorries with loading parties and guards were waiting.2009 [1941 December 20], Charles Barman, Ray Barman, Resist to the End: Hong Kong, 1941-1945, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 54

Examples of Mount Gough in a sentence

  • Severn Road, which winds around Mount Gough just below Peak Road, is the most expensive residential street in the world - at HK$50,725 per square foot, up 72 per cent in a year.2011 May 18, Alex Frew Mcmillan, “Magnificent heights of success”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
  • He was also commemorated by Mount Gough on Hong Kong island, which is now back in the hands of the Chinese.2012, Joe O'Shea, “Sir Hugh Gough – Limerick's Opium Warlord”, in An Account of Murder, Mutiny & Mayhem: Concerning the affairs of the...

Origin of Mount Gough

Named after Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough.

Questions about Mount Gough

What does Mount Gough mean?
Mount Gough means a peak in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
How do you use Mount Gough in a sentence?
Severn Road, which winds around Mount Gough just below Peak Road, is the most expensive residential street in the world - at HK$50,725 per square foot, up 72 per cent in a year.
What part of speech is Mount Gough?
Mount Gough is a proper noun.

Words near Mount Gough in the dictionary

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  6. Mount Gough
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