cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Big Wave Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Cantonese 大浪灣 /大浪湾 (daai⁶ long⁶ waan¹). Doublet of Tai Long Wan.
Senses: examples: text: The red flag flies often at Big Wave Bay (on the south side of Hong Kong Island) because of the rough surf.[…]
Big Wave Bay, Hong Kong's most accessible surfing beach, lives up to its name and is frequently closed for swimming as a result.[…]
Shek O, not far from Big Wave Bay, is almost Mediterranean in aspect.
ref: 2006, “Hong Kong Beaches”, in The New York Times, Fodor's, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, Travel:
text: The most popular section of the 31-mile Hong Kong Trail, Dragon’s Back is in Shek O Country Park, located on the eastern side of Hong Kong Island. Its seven miles includes the undulating ridge — the dragon’s back — between Shek O Peak and Wan Cham Shan. The ridge overlooks the South China Sea and the hike ends at the quaint enclave of Tai Long Wan, “Big Wave Bay,” which is popular with both surfers and swimmers.
ref: 2016 July 7, Dina Mishev, “Hong Kong’s urban jungle is real, not a metaphor for concrete and steel”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2016, Travel:
text: Residents of the coastal villages of Shek O and Big Wave Bay were cut off from the city for the second time in a week, after Thursday morning’s rainfall washed away emergency repair works along the only road providing access to the area.
ref: 2023 September 14, Mercedes Hutton, “Heavy rainfall halts schools in Hong Kong, as Shek O Road closed again after emergency repair works washed away”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2024, Hong Kong:
glosses: An area of Shek O, Southern district, Hong Kong.
examples: text: Three women were rescued at Hong Kong’s Big Wave Bay on Sunday after one sustained injuries when she fell into the sea while exploring the rocky coast, while her two companions were left stranded on a cliff edge.
ref: 2025 May 25, Oscar Liu, “Hong Kong helicopter rescues 3 women after Big Wave Bay coastal hike turns perilous”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2025, Hong Kong / Society:
glosses: A bay of Hong Kong Island in Shek O, Southern district, Hong Kong.
continents of stability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of continent of stability
connectopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: connectopathies
Etymology: From connect + -o- + -pathy.
Senses: examples: text: Any initial abnormality in connectivity might also lead to abnormal activity patterns, which could cause further development of abnormal connectivity. Connectopathy would accompany schizophrenia, but it would be difficult to say which is cause and which is effect.
ref: 2012, Sebastian Seung, Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are, page 295:
text: Recent data have suggested that the atypical visual perception observed in ASD is caused by altered connectivity within parallel visual pathways and attention networks, thereby contributing to the impaired social communication observed in ASD. Therefore, we conclude that the underlying pathophysiological mechanism of ASD constitutes a “connectopathy.”
ref: 2017, Takao Yamasaki, Toshihiko Maekawa, Takako Fujita, & Shozo Tobimatsu, "Connectopathy in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of Evidence from Visual Evoked Potentials and Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging", Frontiers in Neuroscience, Volume 11 (link)
text: If the latter, then schizophrenia was, in neurobiological parlance, a connectopathy— a disease rooted in how cells communicate with one another—and thus not readily discernable in slices or sections of postmortem brain tissue.
ref: 2023, Jeffrey A. Lieberman, Malady of the Mind: Schizophrenia and the Path to Prevention, page 128:
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: An atypical presentation or functioning of neural connections within the human brain.
worm-star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worm-stars
Etymology: From worm + star. From being a star-shape-like collection of worms.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
zoology
glosses: A collection of nematode worms stuck together at their tails, caused by a bacterial infection by Verde1 that causes their tails to become sticky. The condition has a fatality rate of 80% for the worms.
Synonyms: medusa
rosette
sunflower
quarter window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter windows
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quarter glass.
synonyms: word: quarter glass
minicolumnopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minicolumnopathies
Etymology: From minicolumn + -o- + -pathy.
Senses: examples: text: Brain size is therefore not a confound to the reported minicolumnopathy of autistic patients.
ref: 2007, Juan Martos Pérez, New Developments in Autism: The Future is Today, page 282:
text: The initial results suggesting a minicolumnopathy in autism have been reproduced in two independent samples.
ref: 2014, Manuel F. Casanova, “The Neuropathology of Autism”, in Fred R. Volkmar, Kevin A. Pelphrey, Rhea Paul, Sally J. Rogers, editors, Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Volume 1: Diagnosis, Development, and Brain Mechanisms, page 518:
text: The analysis of the current state of research in this area is guided by theoretical concepts developed in our laboratory, namely the neurodevelopmental “minicolumnopathy” hypothesis of autism that predicts an abnormal E/I ratio, GABA deficits, and gamma oscillation abnormality in autism (Casanova et al., 2002, 2003, 2015, 2015).
ref: 2020, Estate M. Sokhadze et al., “Psychological Markers of Arousal and Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in Jane Johnson, Stephen M. Edelson, editors, Understanding and Treating Anxiety in Autism: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach, page 39:
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: An atypical presentation of minicolumns within the human brain.
biocolonialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocolonialisms
Etymology: From bio- + colonialism.
Senses: examples: text: In my opinion, many of the problems with the safety of our food supplies are directly related to biocolonialism. Food produced by anonymous sources in other countries under less than acceptable conditions is no way to ensure our good health.
ref: 2000, Ann Cooper, Lisa M. Holmes, Bitter Harvest, page 121:
text: Its major sponsors consist of some of the largest and most environmentally destructive companies in the world – including Citigroup, Exxon Mobil Foundation, and McDonalds^([sic]) – and it has been accused of being a corporate front designed to greenwash its sponsors' images and act as ‘the friendly face of biocolonialism.’
ref: 2007, Gavin Fridell, Fair Trade Coffee: The Prospects and Pitfalls of Market-Drive Social Justice, pages 257–258:
text: The HGDP [Human Genome Diversity Project] met an ignominious and unexpected end when tribal leaders accused the scientists of biocolonialism, for exploiting native genetic information in the same way that European colonizers had exploited their ancestors’ natural resources.
ref: 2011, Dorothy E. Roberts, Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century, page 65:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: Exploitation or misappropriation of the biological resources (particularly plants and fungi) of indigenous peoples.
Related terms: biocolonialist
NGU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of nongonococcal urethritis.
NGU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of North Greenville University.
glosses: Initialism of Nagoya Gakuin University.
glosses: Initialism of New Giza University.
glosses: Initialism of National Guard of Ukraine.
biocolonialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biocolonialist
form: most biocolonialist
Etymology: From bio- + colonialism.
Senses: examples: text: Hence, Indigenism is concerned both with challenging this biocolonialist agenda that has dire portents for a ‘new age eugenics’, and also with ecological alternatives that seek to live in reciprocity with the land.
ref: 2000, M. A. Jaimes Guerrero, “Native Womanism: Exemplars of indigenism in sacred traditions of kinship”, in Graham Harvey, editor, Indigenous Religion: A Companion, page 50:
text: But perhaps the most noteworthy distinction is not between population genomics projects, but between recent projects that emphasize finding specific-population genomes and the earlier “biocolonialist” projects such as the HGDP.
ref: 2005, Eugene Thacker, The Global Genome: Biotechnology, Politics, and Culture, page 139:
text: Although the term ‘biocolonialism’ has only recently been broadly adopted, biocolonialist practices have had a long history.
ref: 2013, Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin, Postcolonial Studies: The Key Concepts, page 28:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to biocolonialism.
altar carpet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altar carpets
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A carpet covering the sanctuary and steps of the high altar.
morale-booster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morale-boosters
Senses: examples: text: Co-owner Boehly decided it was time for the personal touch after Saturday's home loss to Brighton, although reportedly telling Chelsea's players their season had been "embarrassing" was not quite the morale-booster he maybe hoped for.
ref: 2023 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea Champions League exit: Where do 'disjointed, broken' Blues go from here?”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: something morale-boosting
morale-boosters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morale-booster
executive box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: executive boxes
Senses: examples: text: Boehly, through it all, stared out blankly from his executive box, Chelsea's season a complete washout and his hopes for a bounce from the return of Frank Lampard as interim manager have been more of a flatline as Real made it four defeats from four since the former midfielder took over from sacked Graham Potter.
ref: 2023 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea Champions League exit: Where do 'disjointed, broken' Blues go from here?”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: A box at a theater or stadium reserved for the use of executives of a company.
Plutonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Plutonists
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of plutonist.
Plutonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Plutonist
Plutonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of plutonism.
Mount Parker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Sir William Parker, Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy).
Senses: examples: text: Church members climb up to “Jacob's Ladder” on Mount Parker at Hong Kong's Quarry Bay to pray for peace and harmony in the city.
ref: 1993 June 1, Jinbong Kim, Dwight P. Baker, J. Nelson Jennings, Megachurch Accountability in Missions:: Critical Assessment through Global Case Studies, William Carey Publishing, →ISBN, page 79:
text: A picture caption on Feb. 2 with an article about hiking in Hong Kong misstated the location of the trail shown. It is on Mount Parker, overlooking Quarry Bay on the northeast side of the island - not on the Dragon's Back ridge on the D'Aguilar Peninsula to the southeast.
ref: 2003 February 16, “Corrections”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023:
text: The British positions at Mount Butler, Mount Parker, Braemar Hill and the urban area of North Point were all under heavy assault.
ref: 2014, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195:
text: The battalion moved quickly inland, ascending the north-facing slopes of Mount Parker. There are still old stepped paths that lead up from that part of the Island shore to the heights of Mount Parker.
ref: 2019 July 15, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=cPSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT137:
text: Rubble and water rushed down the side of Mount Parker near Chai Wan, where roads and parking garages sat under standing water. Huge rocks blocked roads in Shau Kei Wan.
ref: 2023 September 7, Meaghan Tobin, “Extreme rain in Hong Kong turns city streets into raging rivers”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2024, Asia:
glosses: A peak in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
wikipedia: Admiral of the Fleet
Fort Gay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A log fort was built here in 1789, who Gay was is unknown. Chartered as Cassville in 1875, and officially renamed Fort Gay in 1932.
Senses: examples: text: Twenty-six-year-old Josh Moore was banned because officials said he'd broken Xbox's code of conduct by saying he lives in Fort Gay, West Virginia - a name branded offensive by the company.
ref: 2010 September 10, Dan Whitworth, “Xbox apologises over 'gay' suspension”, in BBC:
glosses: A town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, adjacent to Louisa, Kentucky.
Sherlock Holmes-iana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sherlock Holmes-iana. All Exc. Doyle
ref: 1957, AB Bookman’s Yearbook, page 297, column 1:
text: “There I was, beating this great girl in a barstool game of trivia, until she came up with her Sherlock Holmes-iana,” New Yorker [Nicholas] Meyer said yesterday during a visit to San Francisco. “There she had me stumped. It bugged me. I went home and started reading everything I could about Holmes, never dreaming there was such an enormous bibliography.[…]”
ref: 1975 August 22, Mary Stanyan, “The new Sherlock Holmes”, in San Francisco Examiner, 111th year, number 62, page 23, column 1:
text: Baum is making his first print appearance anywhere in the current issue of “The Baker Street Journal,” the “irregular quarterly” of Sherlock Holmes-iana.
ref: 1979 April 1, Al Cartwright, “Delaware”, in Sunday News Journal, volume 5, number 13, Wilmington, Del., page F-8, column 6:
text: (Sherlock Holmes-iana) Brend, Gavin. MY DEAR HOLMES, A STUDY IN SHERLOCK.
ref: 1994 December 13, R.H.Smith, “GREYHAVENS BOOKS - Sale List 14”, in rec.arts.books.marketplace (Usenet):
text: Aware of how bound up with movie mythology and the collective pop-unconscious KONG is, he indulges in a couple of sly in-jokes: An offhanded reference to Fay Wray, the first girl in the hairy paw (she's unavailable to step into Denham's epic because she's working on another picture) to a cage in Englehorn's hold labeled "Sumatran Rat Monkey," a dual nod to Jackson's own scrappy DEAD ALIVE and the outer fringes of Sherlock Holmes-iana.
ref: 2005, “King Kong Reviews”, in TV Guide, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023:
text: While listening to advice about not changing this genre, she deliberately read Lord Donegal’s manuscript on Sherlock Holmes-iana and was surprised at the pleasure she derived from it.
ref: 2022, Makhosazana Xaba, “‘She Certainly Couldn’t Be Conventional If She Tried’: Noni Jabavu, the Editor of The New Strand Magazine in London”, in Bhekizizwe Peterson, Khwezi Mkhize, Makhosazana Xaba, editors, Foundational African Writers: Peter Abrahams, Noni Jabavu, Sibusiso Nyembezi and Es’kia Mphahlele, Wits University Press, →ISBN, part III (In the Eye of the Short Century: Diaspora and Pan-Africanism Reconsidered), page 366:
glosses: Uncommon form of Sherlock Holmesiana.
Campbellsburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Campbell + -s- + -burg.
Senses: glosses: A town in Brown Township, Washington County, Indiana, United States, named after Robert Campbell.
glosses: A minor city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States, named after a local family.
Seuss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seusses
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Suess
Süss
Suss
Suess
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Suesses
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Suess effect
Related terms: Seuss
Süss
Suss
Suss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Susses
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Seuss
Suess
Süss
Happy Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Like much in Hong Kong, Sybil's apartment mingles a certain glamour -- old Chinese furniture and Asian textiles -- with a cold-water-only galley kitchen shared with ants and a plump gecko. Besides mastering its intricacies, I had to shop and do laundry and other errands in Happy Valley, which is where Hong Kong began to insinuate itself into my affections.
Happy Valley is, as Sybil puts it, ex-pat- friendly, and has been since the 1840's, when the British carved out a racetrack in the swampy north-central part of Hong Kong Island.
ref: 2001 April 1, Katherine Ashenburg, “In Hong Kong, the Heart Grows Fonder”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015, Travel:
text: Happy Valley, nestled in the hills of Hong Kong island, is a tightly populated, up-market residential area next to the Causeway Bay shopping district. There has been a horse-racing track there since just after British colonial rule began in the mid-1800s.
ref: 2019 September 18, Donny Kwok, Twinnie Siu, Clare Jim, Farah Master, Martin Pollard, Nick Macfie, “Hong Kong horse races, fireworks called off amid protest threat”, in Timothy Heritage, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 May 2025:
text: For decades, the Hindu cemetery in Happy Valley, tucked behind the community’s large temple on Wong Nai Chung Road, had fallen into disrepair.
ref: 2021 March 28, Rhea Mogul, “Hong Kong volunteers turn out to restore Happy Valley’s historic Hindu cemetery”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2021, Hong Kong:
glosses: A residential area of Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
glosses: A barangay of Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
examples: text: Though a night of more wakeful and anxious thought had never been passed in the Happy Valley, yet, when she rose in the morning and her Ladies came round her, to assist in the adjustment of the bridal ornaments, they thought they had never seen her look half so beautiful.
ref: 1817, Thomas Moore, “L'envoi”, in Lalla Rookh […] , London: Longman […] , page 341:
text: It is however to the northernmost portion of this immense mountain range that I wish more particularly to draw the attention of my readers; for here, beyond the rugged ridges that skirt the Punjab, whose snow-clad peaks are discernible by the traveller long before his arrival at their base, lies the country we are about to visit—the far-famed Vale of Kashmir, the ‘Happy Valley,’ the scene of the poet Moore’s inimitable Lalla Rookh.
ref: 1879, William Wakefield, The Happy Valley: Sketches of Kashmir & the Kashmiris, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, page 2:
text: In between, we travel on a luxurious houseboat in “Happy Valley,” the famed Vale of Kashmir, as well as visit the “Chang Thang,” the desolate plains of Tibet, sometimes called “the roof of the world.”
ref: 1964, Lora Bryning Redford, Nathan Goldstein, “About the book”, in Getting to know the northern Himalayas: Kashmir, Tibet, Assam, New York: Coward-McCann:
glosses: Synonym of Kashmir Valley
synonyms: word: Kashmir Valley
Granet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Wong Nai Chung Gap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wong Nei Chung Gap
Etymology: From Cantonese 黃泥涌 + gap.
Senses: examples: text: Things had not been going well, to put it mildly. The Japanese had captured Wong Nai Chung Gap, were in command of Jardine’s Lookout and held virtually all the rest of Hong Kong Island to the east.
ref: 1985, Martin Booth, “Christmas 1941”, in Hiroshima Joe, 1st American edition, The Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 79:
text: Adam had slammed down the telephone receiver and immediately given the order to abandon their position. Brigade Headquarters was at the Wong Nei Chung Gap, and the gap stood on high ground in the virtual centre of the island. If it fell into the hands of the Japanese, then they would have achieved a terrible tactical advantage.
ref: [1988, Margaret Pemberton, chapter 12, in The Last Goodbye, Severn House, published 2007, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 200:
text: The Japanese intended to slice through the Wong Nai Chung Gap to Repulse Bay and cut Hong Kong Island, and the British defences, in half.
ref: 2013 September 2, Mark Felton, “Christmas in Hell”, in China Station: The British Militry in the Middle Kingdom 1839-1997, Pen and Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 133:
text: Moving southward along Sir Cecil's Ride, the 230 Rgt. unwittingly went straight into Wong Nai Chung Gap.
ref: 2014 July 1, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 198:
text: Brigadier John K. Lawson's bunker on the west side of Wong Nai Chung Gap that the West Brigade used as headquarters. Brigadier Lawson and three of his men were hit by machine-gun fire escaping from the bunker on Dec. 19, 1941.
ref: 2016 December 23, Lam Yik Fei, “World - Image”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023:
text: Wong Nai Chung Gap was a saddle through which the main road running north–south passed through the line of hills on the Island. On the north side of the gap there was a steep valley.
ref: 2019 July 15, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
text: These troops then reached Wong Nai Chung Gap, which separated Hong Kong Island into eastern and western halves . Jardine's Lookout was held by HKVDC No. 3 Company , reinforced by troops from the Winnipeg Grenadiers .
ref: 2022 February 10, Associate Professor of History Chi Man Kwong, Chi Man Kwong, Hong Kongers in the British Armed Forces, 1860-1997, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:
glosses: A hill pass in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
Shau Ki Wan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 筲箕灣 /筲箕湾 (saau¹ gei¹ waan¹).
Senses: examples: text: Although it is now in so many ways urbanized, Shau Ki Wan still keeps much of the air of a small fishing village. It gives me the feeling of arriving at a pleasant out-of-the-world place, a little fishing port nestling, like so many in other countries, at the foot of sheltering hills.
ref: 1952, William Harold Ingrams, “The Boat People”, in Hong Kong, London, →OCLC, page 188:
text: From Shau Ki Wan, take Bus 9 to the roundabout; walk about 20 minutes along the road, which is usually lined with cars on weekends.[…]
Take the MTR from Central to Shau Ki Wan (there is a bus from Central to Shau Ki Wan, but it takes between one and two hours), then Bus 9 to the end of the line.
ref: 2006, “Hong Kong Beaches”, in The New York Times, Fodor's, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, Travel:
text: Soon afterwards, following Causeway Bay reclamation, a single track was extended eastwards to Shau Ki Wan, although this was quickly converted to double track after World War I.
ref: 2013 March 1, Barrie Shelton, Justyna Karakiewicz, Thomas Kvan, The Making of Hong Kong: From Vertical to Volumetric, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: On 10 October 1955, the ROC's national flags were hoisted in many streets, especially in Wan Chai, Shau Ki Wan, Diamond Hill and industrial areas in Kowloon[…]
ref: 2022 August 4, Michael Ng, Political Censorship in British Hong Kong, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Alternative form of Shau Kei Wan.
Sau Ki Wan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 筲箕灣 /筲箕湾 (saau¹ gei¹ waan¹).
Senses: examples: text: Along the waterfront hung a pall of smoke from the burning oil tanks and paint factory, and the great heat from the fire at Sau Ki Wan rubber works threatened to disorganize the nearby defences.
ref: 1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore, page 130:
text: After Colonel Tanaka's 229 Regiment had landed at Sau Ki Wan and infiltrated through the Rajputs, it had come up against C Company of the Royal Rifles commanded by Major W A Bishop. The enemy greatly outnumbered the Canadians.
ref: 2016 September 14, Oliver Lindsay, The Battle For Hong Kong 1941-1945: Hostage to Fortune, The History Press, →ISBN:
text: Japanese soldiers committed a number of atrocities on 19 December, when the aid post at the Silesian Mission near Sau Ki Wan was overrun. A total of 1,528 soldiers, mainly Commonwealth, are buried there.
ref: 2017 August 5, Merriam Press, World War 2 In Review No. 11, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Shau Kei Wan.
Sau Kei Wan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shau Ki Wan
Etymology: From Cantonese 筲箕灣 /筲箕湾 (saau¹ gei¹ waan¹).
Senses: examples: text: As mentioned, the 1st Middlesex occupied beach pill boxes extending along the west, south and eastern littoral from beneath Mount Davis in the West to Sau Kei Wan [Shau Kei Wan] Hill in the northeast. The Hong Kong Volunteers, mostly assigned to man weapons ranging from artillery to machine guns, together with various auxiliary units, supported these units.
ref: 2001, Dauril Alden, Charles R. Boxer: An Uncommon Life : Soldier, Historian, Teacher, Collector, Traveller:
text: The HK Tramways is one of the oldest public transportation systems still in operation. Inaugurated in 1904, 16 years after the Peak Tram started its service in 1888, it has provided the public with the cheapest way to travel across Hong Kong Island from Kennedy Town to Sau Kei Wan, with a branch serving the Happy Valley Racecourse.
ref: 2010, “Stop 6: Hong Kong”, in A Journey through China: Exploring Major Sites and Cuisine in 10 Days, Reader's Digest, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 174:
text: After lunch, I told my mother that there was no need to worry and then I went back to our Store, 'ee-kee' which my daddy left to us. It was located at the opposite side of the tram terminal in Sau Kei Wan.
ref: 2014, Richard Aldrich, quoting Shu Xiangcheng, The Faraway War: Personal Diaries Of The Second World War In Asia And The Pacific, Random House, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Shau Kei Wan.
tonal noise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: acoustics
glosses: Noise that is a pure tone so that it is concentrated in a narrow frequency band
triology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triologies
Etymology: By alteration (influence of trio).
Senses: examples: text: Among the remaining pieces of Æschylus, we have what is highly deserving of our attention, a complete triology. The antiquarian account of triologies is this, that in the more early times the poet did not contend for the prize with a single piece, but with three, which however were not always connected together by their contents, and that a fourth satirical drama was also attached to them.
ref: 1848, Frederic H[enry] Hedge, Prose Writers of Germany, Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey and Hart, page 433, column 2:
text: Anthony Burgess’s Enderby triology is now a tetralogy, with a new volume “Composed to placate kind readers of The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby’s End, who objected to my casually killing my hero.”
ref: 1984 May 5, Keith Wilson, “Burgess raises Clockwork man from the dead”, in The Weekend Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page 44:
text: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 concludes triology on a high note
ref: 2015 December 10, The Speaking Eagle, edition XVII, Juan Diego Catholic High School, page 17:
glosses: A trilogy.
triologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triology
Ma Wan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mah-wan
form: Mawan
Etymology: From Cantonese 馬灣 (maa⁵ waan¹).
Senses: examples: text: The developers, a group of Hong Kong construction professionals, said work would start on the park, on Ma Wan island, in late 2001, and will be completed in 2003.
ref: 2000 November 26, “BUSINESS: DIARY; Ski Hong Kong (You Read It Right)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2010:
text: In the post, Tam said that it had been more difficult to serve the residents of Ma Wan and Tsuen Wan, even though he received help from other district councillors and his team.[…]
Correction 23.8.2021: A previous version of this article stated that Roy Tam resigned from the Ma Wan District Council. He resigned from the Ma Wan constituency of the Tsuen Wan District Council.
ref: 2021 April 21, Candice Chau, “Another democrat quits Hong Kong district council seat over new gov’t allegiance oath”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2021, Hong Kong:
text: Ma Wan, an island between Lantau and Tsing Yi in Hong Kong, is best known today for the Park Island residential development.
ref: 2022 March 21, Stuart Heaver, “The little island that could have been Hong Kong, but for a British naval officer’s bad weather day 230 years ago”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2022, Travel & Leisure:
glosses: An island of Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: When I went there I couldn't find the main road to the village. Afterwards, I just asked some people to direct me to the village and lucky I find some people who can give me the right direction. The first person was really helpful and he gave me plenty of information about Ma Wan.
ref: 2019 April 30, Albert Wilson, Big Al Travel Companion: A Companion for You Getting the Best Values in Your Discovery into Festival, Culture, Food and Many Others, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
glosses: A village in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Tsuen Wan district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Peipinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Peipingers
Etymology: From Peiping + -er. For historical or dated use of the name Peiping, see Chinese 北平 (Běipíng).
Senses: examples: text: It comes into line with Nankinger, / T'ienchiner, Liaoninger, / Ch'ungkinger, Paotinger, / And last but not least with Peipinger.
ref: [1934 October 27, “untitled”, in The Yenching News, Yenching University, Peiping, China, page 2, column 3:
text: Peipingers looked on all this activity as a rude intrusion on the quiet culture of their ancient capital.
ref: 1948 December 27, “CHINA: One-Way Street”, in Time:
text: However, the noodle-loving Peipingers have shown determined resistance.
ref: 1949 September 15, “Reds Can't Persuade Residents of Peiping To Eat Fewer Noodles”, in Evening Star, Washington, D.C., page C-8:
text: But you're a Peipinger born and bred. Do you think you'll be able to get used to Shanghai?
ref: 1997, chapter 2, in William A. Lyell, transl., Shanghai Express, University of Hawaii Press, translation of 平滬通車 [The Opening of Peiping-Shanghai Railway] by Zhang Henshui, →ISBN, page 34:
english: The Opening of Peiping-Shanghai Railway
translation: The Opening of Peiping-Shanghai Railway
synonyms: Beijinger
glosses: A person from Peiping.
Peipingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peipinger
prat boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prat boys
Senses: glosses: A gofer.
prat boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prat boy
Stemp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
agapanthussaponins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agapanthussaponin
Makushi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Macushi.
Makushi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Macushi.
Malay bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malay bears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sun bear.
synonyms: word: sun bear
Malayan bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malayan bears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sun bear.
synonyms: word: sun bear
Malay bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malay bear
Malayan bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malayan bear
maledictive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maledictive
form: most maledictive
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to malediction.
BMCF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bovine malignant catarrhal fever.
Yau Tsim Mong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjaʊ tsɪm ˈmɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈjaʊ tsɪm ˈmɔŋ/
Etymology: c. 1990s, merger of two districts, Yau Tsim district and Mong Kok district. Ultimately from the first syllables of the three major areas in the district: Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok.
Senses: examples: text: The decline of the DP’s success rate was attributable to a number of factors, including (1) the shift of some DP incumbents to competition in other geographical constituencies, (2) the mutual distrust between some DP candidates and the local residents, and (3) the strong performance of the opponents of the DP candidates, especially the DAB candidates.³ Examples showing the failure of DP incumbents changing their constituencies included Ng Wing-fai in Yau Tsim Mong district and Ho Suk-ping in the Shatin district.⁴
ref: 2002, Shiu-hing Lo, Wing-yat Yu, Kwok-fai Wan, “The 1999 District Councils Elections”, in Ming K. Chan, Alvin Y. So, editors, Crisis and Transformation in China's Hong Kong, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 141:
text: A company in Hong Kong’s southern Yau Tsim Mong District is at the forefront of Cung Le’s dispute with the UFC over drug testing.
The Hong Kong Functional Medical Testing Center (HKFMTC) resides in Hong Kong’s southern Yau Tsim Mong District, about an hour’s ferry ride from the Macau’s Cotai Arena where August’s UFC Fight Night 48 was held.
ref: 2014 October 7, Steven Marrocco, “UFC remains steadfast in Cung Le's test result, but lab failed to meet WADA criteria”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
text: Mr. Ip, who was the chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong district council, became a target of protesters in July after he blocked debate on the extradition bill that incited the protests this summer.
ref: 2019 November 25, Austin Ramzy, Tiffany May, Katherine Li, Elaine Yu, “Here’s What 5 of Hong Kong’s Newly Elected Politicians Have to Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2019:
text: Bista Gandendra Limbu, 31, a Nepali who came to Hong Kong when he was 2, said the Yau Tsim Mong area, the first to come under a 48-hour lockdown last month, is a “mini Kathmandu,” fueling impressions that the entire Nepali community is carrying the virus.
ref: 2021 February 11, Theodora Yu, Shibani Mahtani, “Wave of coronavirus cases brings a tide of racism in Hong Kong”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021, Asia & Pacific:
glosses: A district of Hong Kong.
Sham Shui Po
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shamshuipo
Etymology: From Cantonese 深水埗 (sam1 seoi2 bou6-2).
Senses: examples: text: Another proposal some years ago was for a line to be constructed from Canton to Sham-shui-po near the Cosmopolitan Docks in British territory, on the mainland opposite Hongkong.
ref: [1900, J. Dyer Ball, “Railways”, in Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China, 3rd edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 506:
text: The rally on Sunday in Victoria Park, in the Causeway Bay district, was authorized in advance by the police. But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point. The police rejected their application for a permit.
ref: 2019 August 11, Mike Ives, “Hong Kong Protesters Gather Amid Fears of Mob Violence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2019:
text: Sham Shui Po might be one of Hong Kong’s poorest neighbourhoods but it has a rich immigrant history and a glut of fantastic street-food joints.
ref: 2021 August 18, Lee Cobaj, “Best things to do in Hong Kong”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2021:
text: Once largely insulated from the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong is facing a citywide outbreak, with businesses buckling and some losing patience with the government's "zero COVID" policies.
In the cluster of working-class districts in nearby Sham Shui Po, some residential blocks and public housing estates have been sealed off, crowds in malls and street markets have thinned, and once teeming diners known as dai pai dongs and stalls selling knick-knacks are quieter after dark.
ref: 2022 February 18, James Pomfret, Joyce Zhou, “Hong Kong working-class district reels as COVID runs rampant”, in Anne Marie Roantree, Karishma Singh, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2022, Asia Pacific:
text: On Au’s rooftop in the gentrifying neighborhood of Sham Shui Po, the metal hut traps heat inside the 300-square-foot space.
ref: 2022 September 12, Theodora Yu, Louise Delmotte, “Climate change in Hong Kong worsens housing crisis for city’s poor”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2022, World:
text: A person takes a rest on a hill in Sham Shui Po district, with public housing in the background, during the summer heat in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
ref: 2023 October 13, Louise Delmotte, “AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong’s hottest summer fell hardest on most vulnerable”, in AP News, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2023, Climate:
glosses: An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
glosses: A district of Hong Kong.
Synonyms: sense: area in Hong Kong
word: SSP
jaghiredar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaghiredars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jagirdar.
jaghiredars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaghiredar
jageer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jageers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jagir.
jageers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jageer
Tai Kok Tsui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Taikoktsui
Etymology: From Cantonese 大角咀 (daai⁶ gok³ zeoi²).
Senses: examples: text: Analysts said Sun Hung Kai had pre-sold several projects since the beginning of the year, including One Regent Place in Yuen Long, Avignon in Tuen Mun and Imperial Cullinan in Tai Kok Tsui, which would contribute substantially to the earnings in 2011/12.
ref: 2011 September 15, Joy Leung, Alison Leung, “SHK Properties annual core profit up 55 pct”, in Chris Lewis, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2024, Markets:
text: A construction elevator shaft on top of a housing development project in Tai Kok Tsui fell onto the roof of a nearby building during typhoon Mangkhut on Sunday.
ref: 2018 September 16, Kris Cheng, “Video: Construction elevator shaft falls from building as typhoon Mangkhut rips through Hong Kong”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2024, Hong Kong:
text: Every day, dozens of people post photos of their lunchbox, along with notes: The pork chops at a shop in the Prince Edward neighborhood were cold today, or the staff at this one in Tai Kok Tsui are especially friendly.
ref: 2022 May 2, Vivian Wang, Joy Dong, “In Epicurean Hong Kong, a Humble $4 Lunchbox Is Now All the Rage”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 May 2022, Asia Pacific:
glosses: An area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Cheung Sha Wan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 長沙灣 /长沙湾 (coeng⁴ saa¹ waan¹⁻⁴).
Senses: examples: text: A government-run affordable-housing development in Hong Kong’s Cheung Sha Wan district. Critics of the city’s government say officials want to avoid building more.
ref: 2019 July 22, Alexandra Stevenson, Jin Wu, “Tiny Apartments and Punishing Work Hours: The Economic Roots of Hong Kong’s Protests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2019, Asia Pacific:
text: Lam was one of dozens of patients lying in the parking lot of Caritas on Thursday, after there was no more room inside the hospital that serves 400,000 people in the working-class district of Cheung Sha Wan on the Kowloon peninsula. Temperatures dipped to 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit) amid some rain.
ref: 2022 February 18, James Pomfret, Joyce Zhou, “Hong Kong working-class district reels as COVID runs rampant”, in Anne Marie Roantree, Karishma Singh, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2022, Asia Pacific:
text: After all, Hong Kong’s builders have already started resorting to price cuts to boost their sales. Earlier this month, CK Asset Holdings Ltd. slashed its offerings by as much as 18% at Seaside Sonata in Cheung Sha Wan.
ref: 2023 February 22, Shuli Ren, “Hong Kong’s Penthouses Face China’s ‘Common Prosperity’”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2023, Business:
text: Hong Kong authorities have rejected an NGO’s application to open a homeless shelter in Cheung Sha Wan, just days after opposition from lawmakers, district councillors, and residents.
ref: 2025 May 20, James Lee, “Hong Kong gov’t rejects NGO’s plan to open homeless shelter in Cheung Sha Wan following public opposition”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 21 May 2025, Hong Kong:
glosses: An area of Sham Shui Po district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Cheung Sha
Malinoises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malinois
misintegrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misintegration
malintegration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malintegrations
Etymology: From mal- + integration.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of misintegration.
synonyms: word: misintegration
malintegrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malintegration
Hung Hom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hoʊŋ hɒm/
Forms: form: Hunghom
Etymology: From Cantonese 紅磡 /红磡 (hung⁴ ham³).
Senses: examples: text: There are Western residents in Hong Kong who argue endlessly about the best place to shop. Go to the manufacturers' outlet stores at the Kaiser Estates in the Hung Hom area for designer labels at bargain prices.
ref: 1987 July 5, Rudy Maxa, “SHOP TILL YOU DROP”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025:
text: But back to snacks that will test that iron stomach. The best places to find “siu sik” (“small eats” in Cantonese) are in the labyrinthine streets Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. There is very little of this in sanitized Central. All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung Hom.
ref: 2008 April 16, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “What in God’s Name is That? Hong Kong Street Food, Part 1”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, In Transit:
text: A smaller protest in Hung Hom, a district of outlet stores popular with mainland tourists, highlighted the growing tension between Hong Kong people and their mainland compatriots with protesters chanting, “Kick out the mainland tourists!”
ref: 2019 August 18, Stephen Vines, “Hong Kong to defy ban on protest as fear of crackdown looms”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022:
text: Riot police entered the campus of the Polytechnic University in Hung Hom in the early hours of Monday morning following an almost day-long battle between demonstrators and police.
ref: 2019 November 18, “HKFP Lens: Hong Kong PolyU engulfed in fierce police-protester battles, as officers enter campus”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2021:
glosses: An area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Malmaison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmælmeɪˈzɒn/
Forms: form: Malmaisons
Etymology: Named after the Château de Malmaison, where Joséphine de Beauharnais had created a magnificent rose garden.
Senses: glosses: A rose cultivar with large, pale pink flowers that open flat.
Malmaisons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malmaison
Kowloon Tong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 九龍塘 /九龙塘 (gau² lung⁴ tong⁴).
Senses: examples: text: The department continued to plan and build fire stations and ambulance depots to cope with the city's growing development and service needs and to adhere to the Government's policy of providing the fastest response possible to emergencies. During the year, a new fire station in Kowloon Tong and two ambulance depots in Mong Kok and Kwai Chung were commissioned.
ref: 2007, Hong Kong 2006, Information Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 332:
text: At the mountain’s base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors — and important changes.
ref: 2007 June 24, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Hong Kong Is Reshaped by Mainlanders”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015, Asia Pacific:
text: The plot, located in the high-end neighbourhood of Kowloon Tong, has a site area of about 11,300 square metres, with a maximum gross floor area of about 40,500 square metres.
ref: 2018 January 16, Venus Wu, Joy Leung, “Hong Kong's Wharf Holdings sets new record for land in prime area”, in Jacqueline Wong, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2018, Markets:
text: Personnel on the roof of the barracks of the People’s Liberation Army in the Kowloon Tong neighborhood raised a yellow flag warning marchers they were breaking the law and could be prosecuted — the first time protesters have elicited a reaction from the Chinese military.
ref: 2019 October 6, Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin, “Ignoring a ban on face masks, masked Hong Kongers march in huge numbers”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2019, Asia & Pacific:
glosses: A residential area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Synonyms: word: Kau Lung Tong
Mamie Taylor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mamie Taylors
Etymology: Named after a 19th-century actress and opera singer.
Senses: hypernyms: buck
glosses: A cocktail of Scotch whisky with ginger beer or ginger ale.
Mamie Taylors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mamie Taylor
dragonwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From dragon + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a dragon.
dragonly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dragonly
form: most dragonly
Etymology: From dragon + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Like a dragon in appearance or behaviour.
dragonly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dragonly
form: most dragonly
Etymology: From dragon + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a dragon.
dragondom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dragon + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The world of dragons; dragons considered collectively.