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Bowrington
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English
+ Canal
Bowrington Canal
Etymology
en John Bowring =, the 4th Governor of British Hong Kong.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
en area district/Wan Chai sar/Hong Kong.
en 1995 Jared Mitchell Jared Mitchell (writer) War The Invincible https://archive.org/details/invincible0000mitc/ Fiction w:Lester Publishing 1-895555-71-X 34834382 13 https://archive.org/details/invincible0000mitc/page/13/ He’d spent free time when he was young, walking through the streets of neighbouring Bowrington, a place near Wanchai where you had a good day if you didn’t get hit by falling garbage.
en 29 June 2008 Jason Wordie Out and about w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20231123092625/https://www.scmp.com/article/643436/out-and-about 23 November 2023 https://www.scmp.com/article/643436/out-and-about 1563-9371 648902513 Tucked away between Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, Bowrington is one of Hong Kong Island's more interesting neighbourhoods.
en 2009 Robyn Walker The Battle Rages Sergeant Gander: A Canadian Hero https://archive.org/details/sergeantganderca0000walk/ Toronto w:Natural Heritage Books 978-1-55488-463-6 426221908 69 https://archive.org/details/sergeantganderca0000walk/page/69/ On Christmas Day the Allied forces on Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese. At the time of surrender the East Brigade had been pushed down into the tip of the Stanley peninsula, and the West Brigade held a line that ran roughly from Bowrington in the north to Aberdeen in the south — less than a quarter of the Island’s territory was held between them.
en historical en former district city/Victoria colony/Hong Kong c/United Kingdom.
Synonyms
area in Hong Kong en Ngo Keng, en Bowring City obsolete
Translations
area in Hong Kong
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 鵝頸, yue 寶靈頓
Mandarin: cmn