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Mount Nicholson

Mount Nicholson proper noun: a peak in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Mount Nicholson

  1. A peak in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
    • Meanwhile the Grenadiers, preparatory to the dawn attack, had been ordered to occupy a forward position astride Mount Nicholson.1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore, page 137
    • One spring morning in May 1968, the wealthy residents of Jardine's Lookout in their palatial villas and Government Servants in their comfortable quarters on Mount Nicholson woke up to discover, to their astonishment, that they were now living in Wanchai.1997, Arthur Hacker, “Modern Wanchai”, in Arthur Hacker's Wanchai, Hong Kong: Odyssey Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 114

Examples of Mount Nicholson in a sentence

  • The southern anchor moves from Wong Nai Chung Gap to Mount Nicholson, then Mount Cameron, and finally Wan Chai Gap and a little west.2003, Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19:
  • Of great ecological significance is the Nam Fung Road Woodland nestled at the southern foot of Mount Nicholson.2018 August 1, Nan Fung Group, “8 Deep Water Bay Drive – Mindful living meets luxury in the midst of nature”, in South China Morning Post...
  • It is the gap between Mount Cameron on the right and Mount Nicholson on the left.2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...

Origin of Mount Nicholson

Perhaps named after Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson.

Questions about Mount Nicholson

What does Mount Nicholson mean?
Mount Nicholson means a peak in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
How do you use Mount Nicholson in a sentence?
The southern anchor moves from Wong Nai Chung Gap to Mount Nicholson, then Mount Cameron, and finally Wan Chai Gap and a little west.
What part of speech is Mount Nicholson?
Mount Nicholson is a proper noun.

Words near Mount Nicholson in the dictionary

  1. Mount Moriah
  2. Mount Morrison
  3. Mount Murray
  4. Mount Napier
  5. Mount Nelson
  6. Mount Nicholson
  7. Mount of Olives
  8. Mount of Temptation
  9. Mount of the Holy Cross
  10. Mount of the Temptation
  11. mount of Venus

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