Pak Sha Wan
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English
Etymology
From Cantonese 白沙灣 / 白沙湾, when the initial of the second syllable was still during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Proper noun
Pak Sha Wan
- Name of various bays in Hong Kong:
- A bay in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong: Hebe Haven.
- 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 June 2023, Society:
- 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 feet) off Tai Long Sai Wan and was later found unconscious on a nearby rocky beach.
- A former bay in Hong Kong Island in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
- 2022 September 15, Philip Cracknell, The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
- 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.
- A bay of Hong Kong Island in Stanley, Southern district, Hong Kong.
- A bay in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong: Hebe Haven.
Translations
Hebe Haven — see Hebe Haven
Further reading
- Pak Sha Wan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.