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Pak Sha Wan

Pak Sha Wan proper noun: a bay in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong: Hebe Haven.

Proper noun

Pak Sha Wan

  1. A bay in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong: Hebe Haven.
    • Two men drowned in separate incidents while engaging in water sports in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung on Sunday.
      In the first incident, a 67-year-old man was part of a group of 28 people who took a boat trip from Pak Sha Wan.
      He was reported missing while swimming around the boat at a spot 250 metres (820...2023 June 25, Danny Mok, “Hong Kong swimmer and fisherman drown in 2 separate incidents in Sai Kung”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2023, Society
  2. A former bay in Hong Kong Island in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
    • There was a 6-inch coastal battery at Pak Sha Wan, a 6-inch howitzer battery at Sai Wan and a 3-inch AA battery at Sai Wan Hill.2022 September 15, Philip Cracknell, The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN
  3. A bay of Hong Kong Island in Stanley, Southern district, Hong Kong.

Origin of Pak Sha Wan

From Cantonese 白沙灣 /白沙湾.

Questions about Pak Sha Wan

What does Pak Sha Wan mean?
Pak Sha Wan means a bay in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong: Hebe Haven.
What part of speech is Pak Sha Wan?
Pak Sha Wan is a proper noun.

Words near Pak Sha Wan in the dictionary

  1. pak chiu cheng
  2. pak choi
  3. pak choy
  4. pak pai
  5. pak pais
  6. Pak Sha Wan
  7. pak tong gou
  8. Pak-
  9. pak-a-pu
  10. pak-ah-pu
  11. Pak.

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