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Shek Pai Wan

Shek Pai Wan proper noun: an area of Aberdeen, Southern district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Shek Pai Wan

  1. An area of Aberdeen, Southern district, Hong Kong.
    • Adjoining Heung Gong Jai there was a walled village known as Heung Gong Wai, and next to it another village called Shek Pai Wan. Shek Pai Wan is now integrated into modern Aberdeen.2007, Michael Ingham, Hong Kong: A Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 139
  2. A bay of Lamma, Islands district, Hong Kong.
    • Aplichau, an island with an area of about 304 acres, lies adjacent to the south¬ western part of the Island of Hong Kong (Fig. I). It is separated from the town of Aberdeen on the mainland by the natural harbours of Shek Pai Wan and the Aberdeen Channel.1971, Luke S. K. Wong, “The Aplicahu Squatter Area: A Case Study”, in D. J. Dwyer, editor, Asian Urbanization: A Hong Kong Casebook [亞洲都市化:概况香港個案研究], Hong Kong University Press, →OCLC, page 90
    • The path continues from here for a kilometre or so to the bigger beach at Shek Pai Wan on the southeastern coast, and then to Tung O, a minute settlement famous as the childhood home of Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-fat.2019, David Leffman, Jules Brown, “Hong Kong guide”, in The Rough Guide to Hong Kong & Macau, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 165

Origin of Shek Pai Wan

From Cantonese 石排灣 /石排湾 (sek⁶ paai⁴ waan¹).

Questions about Shek Pai Wan

What does Shek Pai Wan mean?
Shek Pai Wan means an area of Aberdeen, Southern district, Hong Kong.
What part of speech is Shek Pai Wan?
Shek Pai Wan is a proper noun.

Words near Shek Pai Wan in the dictionary

  1. sheitl
  2. sheitls
  3. Shek
  4. Shek Ngau Chau
  5. Shek O
  6. Shek Pai Wan
  7. Shek Tong Tsui
  8. shekalim
  9. shekarries
  10. shekarry
  11. shekel

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