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Shouson Hill

Shouson Hill proper noun: an area of Southern district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Shouson Hill

  1. An area of Southern district, Hong Kong.
    • On the western sector, General Maltby tried to free the Japanese grip on Shouson Hill and Repulse Bay by sending the Punjabis to advance from Aberdeen to clear the road.1978, G. B. Endacott, “The Assault on the Island: the First Three Days”, in Hong Kong Eclipse, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 94
    • The Chinese believe feng shui, pronounced fung shway, can help blunt the ill effects to health and wealth brought on, for example, by the inauspicious jut of an adjacent building or hill.
      It’s why the doors on Jardine House, headquarters of the colony’s flagship commercial firm, are slightly askew....1997 January 31, Charles Hutzler, “Leader’s office hunt a lesson in arcana and parking problems”, in AP News, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023

Examples of Shouson Hill in a sentence

  • Shouson Hill is a centrepiece of Hong Kong’s Island South area, rising above Deep Water Bay cloaked in lush greenery.2022 September 2, “Extraordinary work by film industry heavyweights Stanley Kwan and Victor Wong depicts the fusion of design and nature at...
  • Upon his retirement, the Hong Kong government honoured his dedicated service by naming the hill where his residence stood Shouson Hill (壽臣山) and the surrounding road Shouson Hill Road (壽山村道).2024 February 17, Diana Pang, “Foreign influence Part 4.: From wharves to wealth – how trade & commerce shaped Hong Kong’s street names”...

Origin of Shouson Hill

Named after Hong Kong businessman Shouson Chow.

Questions about Shouson Hill

What does Shouson Hill mean?
Shouson Hill means an area of Southern district, Hong Kong.
How do you use Shouson Hill in a sentence?
Shouson Hill is a centrepiece of Hong Kong’s Island South area, rising above Deep Water Bay cloaked in lush greenery.
What part of speech is Shouson Hill?
Shouson Hill is a proper noun.

Words near Shouson Hill in the dictionary

  1. Shoups
  2. shouq
  3. shouqs
  4. shouse
  5. shouses
  6. Shouson Hill
  7. shout
  8. shout down
  9. shout fire in a crowded theater
  10. shout from the rooftops
  11. shout out

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