Sheung Wan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 上環／上环 (soeng⁶ waan⁴).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɜːŋ wɑːn/, /ʃɜːŋ wæn/

Proper noun

Sheung Wan

An area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong
- 2021 June 20, May, Tiffany, “In the New Hong Kong, Booksellers Walk a Fine Line”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-06-20‎:
  At Mount Zero, a jewel-box-size bookstore in the Sheung Wan district, the owner hosts visits by politically controversial authors.
(historical) A district of Victoria, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Translations

area in Hong Kong

Chinese:
Cantonese: 上環／上环 (soeng⁶ waan⁴)

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