Tseung Kwan O

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 將軍澳将军澳 (zoeng1 gwan1 ou3).

Proper noun

Tsueng Kwan O

  1. An area and town in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • 2015 January 12, Ramzy, Austin, “Firebombs Thrown at Jimmy Lai’s Home and Company in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-15, Sinosphere:
      Next Media said two entryways to its headquarters in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O neighborhood were hit with firebombs around 1 a.m. Monday. At about the same time, a masked man got out of a car outside Mr. Lai’s home in the Ho Man Tin neighborhood and threw a firebomb at the sidewalk outside the gate. Two cars suspected of being those used in the attacks were later found burning in nearby areas of Kowloon.
    • 2019 November 7, Ramzy, Austin; Ezra Cheung; Elaine Yu, “Hong Kong Student Dies From Fall After Police Clash With Protesters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-08, Asia Pacific:
      Suzette Foo, a senior superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force, said earlier this week that police officers had fired 44 rounds of tear gas, 11 rubber bullets, three beanbag rounds and one sponge grenade during operations in the Tseung Kwan O district near where Mr. Chow fell.
  2. A bay in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
    • 1899, Commander de Horsey, R.N., Report on the Harbours in Mirs Bay:
      9. Port Shelter. Good anchorage for any size of ships. Chiefly useful as being deep close to shore, and divided from Tseung Kwan O by a small neck of land ¼ miles wide.

Synonyms

  • (bay in Hong Kong): Junk Bay

Translations

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