cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Tai Po
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Taipo
Etymology: From Cantonese 大埔 (daai⁶ bou³).
Senses: examples: text: On Friday, police found body parts in an apartment near Tai Po, in Hong Kong’s outlying New Territories.
ref: 2023 February 26, Joyce Lau, “Ex-husband’s relatives charged in Hong Kong model’s slaying”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2023, Asia:
glosses: An area and town in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: It was after dark on a Tuesday evening in December 2017 when the vans pulled onto Island House Lane, a placid side street of residential complexes and community garden plots in the suburban Tai Po district.[…]
The pangolin’s value has increased with its rarity — the shipment seized in Tai Po had a street value of around $300,000.
ref: 2019 February 12, Charles Homans, “Hong Kong, Crossroads of the Criminal Wildlife Trade”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2019:
text: A 19-year-old was left seriously wounded after being attacked near the “Lennon Wall” pro-democracy message board in Tai Po on Saturday afternoon.[…]
Police said the case was classified as wounding, and was under investigation by the District Investigation Team of Tai Po District.
ref: 2019 October 19, Holmes Chan, “19-year-old stabbed in neck and stomach at Tai Po ‘Lennon Wall’ as assailant declares Hong Kong is ‘part of China’”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2021, Hong Kong:
glosses: A district of Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Sha Tin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shatin
Etymology: From Cantonese 沙田 (saa¹ tin⁴).
Senses: examples: text: The demonstration in the Sha Tin area of the New Territories, a region of Hong Kong not far from the border with mainland China, came one day after clashes broke out between police officers and protesters in a Hong Kong border town.
ref: 2019 July 14, Amy Qin, “Hong Kong Protesters Try to Keep Momentum With Weekend Protests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2019, Asia Pacific:
text: Hundreds of protesters gathered at New Town Plaza, a multistory shopping mall in the Sha Tin district.
ref: 2019 September 22, Timothy McLaughlin, Casey Quackenbush, “Hong Kong protesters target Beijing-friendly businesses in latest demonstrations”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2019, Asia & Pacific:
text: In the New Territories town of Sha Tin, police fired tear gas canisters directly at high-rise windows, though it was not clear why, as the Chinese-ruled city was gripped by the most widespread violence in nearly four months of unrest.
ref: 2019 October 1, Jessie Pang, Donny Kwok, Sharon Tam, Poppy McPherson, Anne Marie Roantree, Farah Master, James Pomfret, Twinnie Siu, Alun John, David Kirton, Jennifer Hughes, Keith Zhai, Clara Ferreira Marques, Bill Rigby, Nick Macfie, “Hong Kong police fire water cannon, tear gas as protests spread”, in Lincoln Feast, Robert Birsel, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2024, World:
glosses: An area and town in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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:
glosses: A district of Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Sai Kung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 西貢 /西贡 (sai¹ gung³).
Senses: examples: text: In Hong Kong, Dickson Fu left work early to watch the eclipse from a seaside promenade in the Sai Kung neighborhood.
ref: 2021 May 26, Nick Perry, “Earth’s shadow creeps across moon ahead of super blood moon”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 26 May 2021:
glosses: A town in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: A number of villages have been given a new lease of life. In the former Hakka village of Sheung Yiu in Sai Kung, the biggest house has been turned into a museum. Originally from mainland China, many Hakkas moved to Hong Kong in the 17th century, where they established fishing and farming villages, mostly in the New Territories.
ref: 2011 January 18, Jonathan Spollen, “Hong Kong's Forgotten Villages”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2011:
glosses: An area of Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: Reaching Taiwan would mean traversing Chinese territorial waters that surround Hong Kong. Hours after they embarked from the verdant Sai Kung Peninsula on the morning of Aug. 23, their speedboat was seized by China's Guangdong coast guard bureau about 50 miles southeast of their departure point.
ref: 2020 August 31, Shibani Mahtani, Nick Aspinwall, Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, “Hong Kong refugees captured at sea spent months plotting daring dash to freedom”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2020, Asia & Pacific:
glosses: A peninsula in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: On Monday, many commenters on social media blamed the whale’s death on sightseers who had flocked to the area over the past two weeks after the whale was discovered in waters off Sai Kung, a district known for its hiking trails and beaches.
ref: 2023 August 1, Kanis Leung, “Hong Kong official vows to mull legal changes after discovery of whale carcass sparked anger”, in AP News, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023, World News:
glosses: A district of Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Synonyms: sense: town
word: Sai Kung Hui
Related terms: Saigon
EFSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of European Food Safety Authority.
Tseung Kwan O
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 將軍澳 (zoeng¹ gwan¹ ou³).
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 2015 January 12, Austin Ramzy, “Firebombs Thrown at Jimmy Lai’s Home and Company in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022, Sinosphere:
text: On Sunday, thousands of demonstrators had dressed in black and marched peacefully in the town of Tseung Kwan O.
ref: 2019 August 5, “Hong Kong leader warns city in a 'very dangerous situation'”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019, News:
text: 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.
ref: 2019 November 7, Austin Ramzy, 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 08 Nov 2019, Asia Pacific:
text: Participants chanted slogans against the reclamation project as they marched in the rain with banners in the eastern district of Tseung Kwan O, where the project is slated to be built.
ref: 2023 March 26, Jessie Pang, Xie Yu, James Pomfret, “Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2023, Asia Pacific:
text: At Sunday’s rally, local environmentalists and residents in the Tseung Kwan O neighborhood in the New Territories demonstrated against the construction of six facilities that they say could be intrusive and bring nuisance to the community. They held signs that read, “No to constructing a cement factory and refuse collection point!”
ref: 2023 March 27, Theodora Yu, “Hong Kong sees first protest in three years — under strict controls”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2023:
glosses: An area and town in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1899, Commander de Horsey, R.N., Report on the Harbours in Mirs Bay:
glosses: A bay in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Synonyms: sense: bay in Hong Kong
word: Junk Bay
oilspots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilspot
Un Long
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an earlier romanisation Ün Long.
Senses: examples: text: The Puntis speak the dialect commonly known as Cantonese. Their population amounts to 64,140, and is contained in 161 villages. They chiefly inhabit the valleys , especially those drained by the Sham Chun and Ün Long rivers.
ref: 1898, J.H. Stewart Lockhart, Extracts from a Report by Mr. Stewart Lockhart on the Extension of the Colony of Hongkong, page 7:
text: a length of the main road between Castle Peak and Un Long was tar-painted for a distance of two miles[…]
Taipo Market and Un Long were surfaced, kerbed and channelled in front of new houses.
ref: 1934, Colonial Reports--annual, page 36:
text: The Un Long people, regard the grey mullet as a fish of the highest delicacy and a large portion of the local pond production is used to satisfy the local market demand.
ref: 1940, Journal of the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station:
text: The greatest pond (about 62 mows) in Un Long belongs to this company.
ref: 2007, Sidney Cheung, Chee-Beng Tan, quoting Suen (1955), Food and Foodways in Asia: Resource, Tradition and Cooking, Routledge, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of Yuen Long.
Puntis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Puntis speak the dialect commonly known as Cantonese. Their population amounts to 64,140, and is contained in 161 villages. They chiefly inhabit the valleys , especially those drained by the Sham Chun and Ün Long rivers.
ref: 1899, Hong Kong, Extracts from Papers Relating to the Extension of the Colony of Hongkong, page 7:
glosses: plural of Punti
just gone
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Now it's time for the news at just gone half past eight.
glosses: A small time after
A Kung Ngam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 阿公岩 (aa³ gung¹ ngaam⁴).
Senses: examples: text: From late November through the end of the year, gongs, drums, and firecrackers sounded continuously, from the Tam Kung Temple at A Kung Ngam in the north to the Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road and the Goddess of Mercy Temple on Mount Taiping Street in the west, from the Temple of Mazu at Stanley in the south to Dawang Temple on Wan Chai Road in the east.
ref: 2005, Shu-ching Shih, chapter 8, in Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Howard Goldblatt, transl., City of the Queen: A Novel of Colonial Hong Kong, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41:
text: At the A Kung Ngam village in Shau Kei Wan, residents on Wednesday told the Post about the pain they felt over losing the woman, 58, who had lived in the area all her life.
ref: 2023 April 19, Harvey Kong, “Rural Hong Kong village in shock over death of neighbour who was found unconscious in public hospital toilet, recall fond memories”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, Health & Environment:
text: At 2.24 pm, a boar was found severely wounded in the westward direction of the Island Eastern Corridor near the roads of A Kung Ngam.
ref: 2024 May 12, “Boar fatally struck by a taxi at Shau Kei Wan”, in The Standard, archived from the original on 12 May 2024, Local:
text: The Lands Department today (March 20) posted land resumption notices in accordance with section 4 of the Lands Resumption Ordinance (Chapter 124) and section 14 of the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance (Chapter 370) for the implementation of public housing development at A Kung Ngam Village, Shau Kei Wan.
ref: 2025 March 20, “Government posts land resumption notices for public housing development at A Kung Ngam Village, Shau Kei Wan”, in The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2025:
glosses: An area and village in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong.
Pak Sha Wan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 白沙灣 /白沙湾.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 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 Jun 2023, Society:
glosses: Name of various bays in Hong Kong:
A bay in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong: Hebe Haven.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2022 September 15, Philip Cracknell, The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
glosses: Name of various bays in Hong Kong:
A former bay in Hong Kong Island in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
glosses: Name of various bays in Hong Kong:
A bay of Hong Kong Island in Stanley, Southern district, Hong Kong.
Mount Nicholson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Perhaps named after Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile the Grenadiers, preparatory to the dawn attack, had been ordered to occupy a forward position astride Mount Nicholson.
ref: 1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore, page 137:
text: The southern anchor moves from Wong Nai Chung Gap to Mount Nicholson, then Mount Cameron, and finally Wan Chai Gap and a little west. Further south is the 'central sector'.
ref: 2003, Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19:
text: Of great ecological significance is the Nam Fung Road Woodland nestled at the southern foot of Mount Nicholson. The only Feng Shui forest on Hong Kong island, it dates back to the city’s earliest days, featuring the highest number of plant species recorded in Hong Kong, including plants of great conservation value(3).
ref: 2018 August 1, Nan Fung Group, “8 Deep Water Bay Drive – Mindful living meets luxury in the midst of nature”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2018, World:
text: Middle Gap is about halfway along Black's Link. It is the gap between Mount Cameron on the right and Mount Nicholson on the left. After passing Middle Gap, the righthand side of the track opens up while the left-hand side is protected by the slopes of Mount Nicholson.
ref: 2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=cPSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT262:
glosses: A peak in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
Mount Cameron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Perhaps named after William Gordon Cameron.
Senses: examples: text: Widely distributed on Hong Kong Island and in the Territories. Mount Cameron, the hills above the Tai-tam reservoirs, Mount Violet and Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island are particularly favoured localities.
ref: 1932, Geoffrey Alton Craig Herklots, The Hong Kong Naturalist, volumes 3-4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 206:
text: Cameron Mansions sits right on the summit of Mount Cameron, one of those sub-Peaks which nonetheless commands a panoramic view of the harbour.
ref: 1993 August 29, “My search for the secret samurai”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021:
text: The southern anchor moves from Wong Nai Chung Gap to Mount Nicholson, then Mount Cameron, and finally Wan Chai Gap and a little west. Further south is the 'central sector'.
ref: 2003, Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19:
text: Middle Gap is about halfway along Black's Link. It is the gap between Mount Cameron on the right and Mount Nicholson on the left.
ref: 2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=cPSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT262:
glosses: A peak in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
Mount Gough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough.
Senses: examples: text: 2. Polygata arillata, Hamilt.–Wight et Arn. Prod. vol. i. p.39.
Very rare. A shrub on Mount Gough, and another on Mount Victoria (since destroyed by the Chinese), were all that had been seen.
ref: 1851, Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany, page 261:
text: I was instructed to deliver the 6-inch How shells and cartridges to the gun positions at Mount Austin and Mount Gough. I arrived at Aberdeen headquarters, where the lorries with loading parties and guards were waiting.
ref: 2009 [1941 December 20], Charles Barman, Ray Barman, Resist to the End: Hong Kong, 1941-1945, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 54:
text: Severn Road, which winds around Mount Gough just below Peak Road, is the most expensive residential street in the world - at HK$50,725 per square foot, up 72 per cent in a year.
ref: 2011 May 18, Alex Frew Mcmillan, “Magnificent heights of success”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023:
text: Gough was buried in Dublin and an equestrian statue of him was erected in the Phoenix Park. It was later vandalised and moved to England. He was also commemorated by Mount Gough on Hong Kong island, which is now back in the hands of the Chinese.
ref: 2012, Joe O'Shea, “Sir Hugh Gough – Limerick's Opium Warlord”, in An Account of Murder, Mutiny & Mayhem: Concerning the affairs of the Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish History, The O'Brien Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 110:
glosses: A peak in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Marbs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Marbella + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Senses: glosses: Marbella
Mount Kellett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Henry Kellett.
Senses: examples: text: After quickly loading, I arranged with Capt Otway that I take the lorries loaded with 3.7-inch and 4.5-inch shell to Mount Kellett and Sanatorium gun positions and that he move the last three lorries loaded with 6-inch How ammunition to a rendezvous point, near the vicinity of the Government Dairy Farm situated at Pokfulam, where I was to return and collect the lorries to deliver the ammunition to the gun positions at Mount Austin and Mount Gough.
ref: 2009 June 1, Charles Barman, Ray Barman, Resist to the End: Hong Kong, 1941-1945, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 63:
text: Matilda International Hospital (1907–present)
Standing on Mount Kellett, overlooking Lamma Channel and South China Sea, Matilda Hospital is an historic building with handsome white Shanghai marble plaster walls, and was opened in 1907.
ref: 2006 January 1, Plague, SARS and the Story of Medicine in Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130:
text: Details were recorded by an eyewitness, L. Gibbs, and published in the quarterly Hong Kong Naturalist, in 1931. In his account, Gibbs, who was living on Mount Kellett in 1893, vividly described the effects of several days of extreme cold on Hong Kong Island’s upper altitudes.
ref: 2016 April 2, Jason Wordie, “The big chill in Hong Kong: how 2016 compares to 1893, 1948”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2016, Opinion:
text: Will smirked to himself as he thought about them—Mount Kellett, Strawberry Hill and Mount Gough in the Peak district; Mount Cameron and Mount Nicholson enclosing Happy Valley, Mount Davis towering over the western approach to the harbour.
ref: 2023 January 19, Siobhan Daiko, The Flame Tree, Asolando Books, page https://books.google.com/books?id=fYadEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT81:
glosses: A peak in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Kellett Bay
Kellett Island
open, sesame
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: As we come to the gate (the guy driving says, “Open, sesame”—really!), it swings open to reveal a 20-foot-high wall-of-water fountain and a broad avenue lined with palm trees.
ref: 1999, Andy Serwer, “Tech is king; now meet the Prince”, in Fortune, page 110:
text: He said a boisterous “Open, sesame” and the door swung wide.
ref: 2000, Jeffery Deaver, The Empty Chair, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 24:
text: Janesco clumped to the command console and said the scientific-age equivalent of “Open, sesame.”
ref: 2009, Albert E. Cowdrey, “Paradiso Lost”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 116, page 108:
text: “You know me, Garbles, I’m your bud. Whacha got there?” Frank reached out and tried to grab the page, but Gary saw it coming and dodged. / “My hands only,” said Gary. “Look, but don’t touch.” / “OK, OK. Open, sesame.”
ref: 2014, Denise R. Stephenson, Isolation, Minneapolis, Minn.: Mill City Press, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: Alternative form of open sesame.
QRDR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QRDRs
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of quinolone resistance-determining region.
porkpie hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porkpie hat
Government Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The western part of the island is likewise divided from the centre by two ravines, both running from the same eminence - the one to the south terminating in a small undulating piece of country, on which the village of Pok-foo-lum is situated; other to the north, where it spreads out and forms Government Hill and the small flat beneath.
ref: 1843, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, page 112:
text: The buildings, erected around 1843, housed the first government offices on the 'Government Hill', between Lower Albert Road, seen on the right, and Battery Path below.
ref: 2002, Solomon Bard, Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 19:
text: Hong Kong people deserve a better-protected Government Hill. It will be very sad if this valuable site is to become a 'Developer's Hill'.
ref: 2010 October 25, “Shopping mall should not be built on Government Hill”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2020:
glosses: A hill in Central, Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
examples: text: Following the relocation of Central Government Offices from Government Hill in Central, the 1,000-square-metre site became the focal point of protests against the national education curriculum and the government’s denial of a free-to-air licence to broadcaster HKTV.
ref: 2015 September 1, Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, “Gov’t fortifies Civic Square ahead of Occupy anniversary”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2023, Hong Kong:
text: The west wing of “Government Hill” was proposed to be demolished to give way to high-rise office buildings.The protesters thought that no matter how dull it was, the “Government Hill” had witnessed a piece of Hong Kong history after the war and should be preserved totally.
ref: 2016, Charlie Q. L. Xue, “Modernism Coming to Town—Government Low-Cost Housing and Public Buildings”, in Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015: From Colonial to Global, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 45:
text: Although it appears to be a self-contained enclave in the central business district, Government Hill has not been totally cocooned from change.[…]
If the new CGO blocks had been typical high-rise, they would have destroyed the character of Government Hill. A popular feature of the CGO compound was accessibility.
ref: 2016, Ken Nicolson, Landscapes Lost and Found: Appreciating Hong Kong’s Heritage Cultural Landscapes, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 95:
text: During the consultation period, former Secretary for Works Michael Wright and former Chief Secretary David Akers-Jones advised the government to conserve the Government Hill as a whole and not to demolish the West Wing.
ref: 2018, Pui-yin Ho, Making Hong Kong, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: The Former Central Government Offices of the Government of Hong Kong.
brickearth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brickearths
Senses: glosses: A wind-blown dust deposited under extremely cold, dry, periglacial or postglacial conditions.
having a moment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a moment
return back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Please complete this form and return back to me by next Monday.
glosses: To return (something).
Victoria Peak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Queen Victoria.
Senses: examples: text: Widely distributed on Hong Kong Island and in the Territories. Mount Cameron, the hills above the Tai-tam reservoirs, Mount Violet and Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island are particularly favoured localities.
ref: 1932, Geoffrey Alton Craig Herklots, The Hong Kong Naturalist, volumes 3-4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 206:
text: For non-hikers, this tram, in operation since 1888, takes passengers from the bottom of Hong Kong Island’s Central neighborhood up 1,312 feet on Victoria Peak, the island’s highest mountain.
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:
text: This two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom apartment is in the western section of Mid-Levels, an affluent residential area built into the northern slope of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.
ref: 2019 April 17, Marcelle Sussman Fischler, “House Hunting in … Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2019, Real Estate:
glosses: A mountain in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Synonyms: Mount Austin
The Peak
Derived terms: Victoria Gap
Opua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A coastal settlement in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand.
Bay of Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A bay in Far North District, on the east coast of Northland, New Zealand, which as the name suggests, contains some islands.
glosses: A bay on the west coast of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
capreolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capreoline
explaning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of explane
explaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of explane
takigyo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Japanese practice of meditate under a cold waterfall.
slitmouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slitmouths
Etymology: From slit + mouth.
Senses: glosses: A terrestrial snail of the eastern US, of genus Stenotrema.
Derived terms: alt: Stenotrema calvescens
word: Chatanooga slitmouth
alt: Stenotrema florida
word: Apalachicola slitmouth
alt: Stenotrema hirsutum
word: hairy sllitmouth
alt: Stenotrema pilsbryi
word: Rich Mountain slitmouth
pillsnail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillsnails
Senses: glosses: A terrestrial snail of the eastern US, genus Euchemotrema.
liptooth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liptooths
Senses: glosses: A North American terrestrial snail of the genus Daedalochila or Linisa.
bristly mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bristly mice
Senses: glosses: A small, spiny-furred rodent of South America, genus Neacomys.
bristly mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bristly mouse
ARMD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of age-related macular degeneration.
Synonyms: sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: age-related macular degeneration
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: AMD
Hypernyms: sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: MD
Hyponyms: sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: dry ARMD
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: exudative ARMD
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: neovascular ARMD
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: wet ARMD
Derived terms: sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: dry ARMD
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: exudative ARMD
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: neovascular ARMD
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: wet ARMD
Related terms: sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: degeneration
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: macula
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: macular
sense: age-related macular degeneration
word: macular degeneration
heartthrobby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: heartthrobbier
form: heartthrobbiest
Senses: glosses: Being or resembling a heartthrob (attractive male celebrity).
Lavandera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lavanderas
Etymology: From Spanish Lavandera.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish
biguanidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biguanidine
bijus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biju
bikini tops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bikini top
bill discounters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bill discounter
billanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of billander
bill-discounters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bill-discounter
Jarred
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jarreds
Senses: glosses: A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], variant of Jared.
star base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star bases
Etymology: From star + base, denoting a starshaped basal structure.
Senses: topics: furniture
lifestyle
glosses: A base for furniture, where multiple arms radiate out from a central post that supports the furniture.
star base
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: star bases
Etymology: From star + base, denoting a base (such as a military base or a base camp) among the stars.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Alternative form of starbase.
repeate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repeates
form: repeating
form: repeated
form: repeated
Senses: examples: text: To redreſſe which default (the poore in all places beeing in penurie) I haue vndertaken to be their Solicitour, vnto all manner of perſons, which ought in equitie either to ſupply them, or to prouide that ſuch as make default (being well able) may bee compelled thereunto by further authoritie front the Almightie, if this gentle motion in the words precedent will not preuaile, which heere I will repeate and explane vnto them, (by Gods aſſiſtance)
ref: 1597, Hen[ry] Arth[ington], Prouision for the Poore, Now in Penurie. Out of the Store-House of Gods Plentie: […], London: […] Thomas Creede:
text: King by your leaue, for in your kingſhippe I muſt leaue you, and repeate how from white to redde you camelionized.
ref: 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 51:
text: For this repetition is iuſtifyed, not only by the example of the blind man, who ſtill cryed vpon our Sauiour, with repetition of the ſame prayer, Ieſu Fili Dauid miſerere mei, by which repetition he obtayned his ſight; nor only of the princely Prophet, who in his 135. Pſalme repeates 27. tymes, Quoniam in æternum miſericordia eius; nor only of the Seraphims, who in prayſing their Creator repeate three times ouer the ſame word, holy, holy, holy: […]
ref: 1625, Iohn Fisher, The Answere vnto the Nine Points of Controuersy, Proposed by Our Late Soueraygne (of Famous Memory) vnto M. Fisher of the Society of Iesus. And the Reioynder vnto the Reply of D. Francis VVhite Minister., […], page 241:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of repeat.
repeates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repeate
Far North
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A territorial authority of Northland, New Zealand, the northernmost in the country; in full, Far North District.
glosses: A region of South Australia, extending across the entire width of the state for approximately the northernmost 750 kilometres (470 miles).
limboes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limbo
Almightie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Almightie
Senses: examples: text: […] I therefore for my Part, and the Name of all the other Brethren and true Chriſtians, who will be participant with me, take God to Record of the Dealing of that provincial Aſſemblie, and this Aſſemblie General; proteſting alſo before the Almightie, his holy Angels, and Saints here convened, that I have no Aſſurance in God’s Word to my Conſcience, to aſſent, allow or approve this his Abſolviture: And therefore until the Time I perceive his Converſion to be true and effectual, I cannot but hold him as one juſtly delivered to Satan, notwithſtanding of the ſaid Abſolvitur.
ref: 1586, “The Proteſtation of Mr. Andrew Hunter, againſt the abſolving the Biſhop of St. Andrews, without Repentance”, reprinted as addendum A in Memoirs of the Church of Scotland (1717) by Daniel Defoe, page 196
text: even th’Almightie selfe she did maligne, / Because to man so mercifull he was, / And unto all his creatures so benigne, / Sith she her selfe was of his grace indigne […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: To redreſſe which default (the poore in all places beeing in penurie) I haue vndertaken to be their Solicitour, vnto all manner of perſons, which ought in equitie either to ſupply them, or to prouide that ſuch as make default (being well able) may bee compelled thereunto by further authoritie front the Almightie, if this gentle motion in the words precedent will not preuaile, which heere I will repeate and explane vnto them, (by Gods aſſiſtance)
ref: 1597, Hen[ry] Arth[ington], Prouision for the Poore, Now in Penurie. Out of the Store-House of Gods Plentie: […], London: […] Thomas Creede:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Almighty.
prevailes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prevaile
3V
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I turned on the 3V and got the tailend of the news, slumped down in the tub and listened with half an ear, too lazy to change channels.
ref: 1985, Harry Harrison, A Stainless Steel Rat is Born, London: Sphere Books, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: Alternative form of threevee.
earthgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earthgirls
Senses: examples: text: Lucy and Nicole began the story and it involved two lovely earthgirls and a handsome earthman named Blake, […]
ref: 1994, Jim Schnabel, Dark White: Aliens, Abductions, and the UFO Obsession, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 263:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Earthgirl.
earthgirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earthgirl
earthie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earthies
Senses: examples: text: On Earth nobody listens to marsies. On Mars, nobody listens to earthies. Makes you wonder what we're doing fighting on the same side, don't it?
ref: 1976, Samuel R[ay] Delany, Triton, Toronto, O.N.; New York, N.Y.; London: Bantam Books, page 163:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Earthie.
earthies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earthie
renarrative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈnæ.ɹə.tɪv/
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Inferential; pertaining to the inferential mood.
renarrative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈnæ.ɹə.tɪv/
Forms: form: renarratives
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The inferential mood.
Synonyms: inferential
fanarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanarchists
Etymology: Blend of fan + anarchist.
Senses: examples: text: During the 1950s Dave was active in the Fanarchist crowd—those largely New York fans who avoided both fannish and mundane politics on the grounds that fanning should be fun.
ref: 1975 February, John Boardman, “In Memoriam: David Mason”, in Science Fiction Review, volume 4, number 1, page 13:
topics: lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A fan who rejects organized fandom, often as being motivated by anarchist thought.
Derived terms: fanarchistic
fanarchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanarchist
fanarchistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fanarchistic
form: most fanarchistic
Etymology: From fanarchist (“a fan who rejects organized fandom, often as being motivated by anarchist thought”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: I am particularly struck with your underlying attitude that all these projects must be sponsored by the NFFF or some similar organization in order to be successful. Now I realise that my own personal fanarchistic attitude may perhaps be coloring my views, but I honestly cannot see the utility of the NFFF in such a connection.
ref: 1944, F. T. Laney, Fan-Dango, volume 2, number 3, page 9:
topics: lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Characteristic of a fanarchist; rejecting organized fandom.
fankind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fan + -kind, possible punning on mankind.
Senses: examples: text: As most of you are, I'm sure, award, Harry [Broertjes] and his LEGION OUTPOST are well known throughout fankind.
ref: 1978, Woweekazowie!, number 4, page 32:
topics: lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Fans collectively.
filksinging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compound of filk + singing.
Senses: examples: text: A closer examination of one specific evening of filksinging (the Friday night session of Philcon 1989) will allow a more concrete discussion of how a conception of cultural inclusion and social integration has been structured into the filking process.
ref: 1992, Henry Jenkins, “"Strangers No More, We Sing": Filk Music, Folk Culture, and the Fan Community”, in Textual Poachers: Television Fans & Participatory Culture, New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 255–256:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The act of singing filk songs ("songs about or inspired by science fiction, fantasy, horror, science, etc.").
Related terms: filksing
Nawalapitiya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Kandy district, Central Province, Sri Lanka.
fantascience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of fantastic + science or fantasy + science.
Senses: examples: text: Silent Running is a myth anchored in materialism and realism, despite its fantascience trappings.
ref: 1989, Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison's Watching, Los Angeles, C.A.: Underwood–Miller, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: A genre of fiction which combines scientific and fantastic elements.
Related terms: science fantasy
science fiction
discuss about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: To discuss (something).
Badulla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sinhalese බදුල්ල (badulla).
Senses: glosses: A city and district, the capital of Uva Province, Sri Lanka.
gyrocab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyrocabs
Etymology: From gyro- + cab under the influence of autogyro etc.
Senses: examples: text: They were not there waiting for her, after all. She came upon them getting out of a gyrocab just as she emerged from the tubes a on to street level. The gyrocabbie, wide-eyed, gazed after his fares for a moment, then hovered upward and away.
ref: 1951, Isaac Asimov, “Hostess”, in Nightfall and Other Stories, Green City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., published 1969, page 76:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Synonym of aircab, a flying taxi, particularly a helicab or autogyro taxi.
synonyms: word: aircab
extra: a flying taxi, particularly a helicab or autogyro taxi
Derived terms: gyrocabbie
Related terms: gyrobus
gyrocar
Bellovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bellovian
form: most Bellovian
Etymology: From Bellow + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The obvious dangers inherent in the Nietzchean^([sic]) view of the superman in love with his fate we are by now well aware of; but let us take stock of the danger implicit in the Bellovian view, which is the debasement of the ideal of good-will into the blind alley of a mindless acquiescence.
ref: 1959 fall, Theodore J. Ross, “Notes on Saul Bellow”, in The Chicago Jewish Forum, volume 18, number 1, page 25, column 2:
text: Augie’s complaint is diagnosed as moha, opposition of the finite, a curious complaint which is the beginning of Augie and of all the other Bellovian protagonists.
ref: 1962, Marcus Klein, After Alienation: American Novels in Mid-Century, Cleveland, Ohio; New York, N.Y.: Meridian Books, The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 46:
text: Released to coincide with the centennial of Bellow’s birth and the 10th anniversary of his death, Leader’s Bellovian tome is just the first installment of a projected two-volume biography.
ref: 2015 June 7, Steven G. Kellman, “Becoming Bellow”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 287, number 158, page N11:
glosses: Of, resembling, or characteristic of, American writer Saul Bellow (1915–2005).
gyrocabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyrocab
Wandsworth Common
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb and urban greenspace in the borough of Wandsworth, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2773).
pay scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pay scales
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of payscale.
pay scales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pay scale
Isaianic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Isaianic
form: most Isaianic
Etymology: From Isaiah + -n- + -ic or Isaian + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Isaian (“of or relating to the Biblical Isaiah”).
synonyms: word: Isaian
extra: of or relating to the Biblical Isaiah
magisteriology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magisterium + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: These studies have not pointed out these errors and inadequacies in order to discredit the hierarchical magisterium but rather to make possible a realistic magisteriology that will properly reflect the true nature of the teaching and witnessing of the Church.
ref: 1970, Charles E. Curran, Robert E. Hunt, Dissent in and for the Church: Theologians and Humanae Vitae, page 66:
text: It is also a necessary corrective today for the absolute tutiorism [rigorism] implicit in much of the oracular magisteriology which still abides at every level of the church.
ref: 1980, Daniel C. Maguire, “The Encyclopedia of Bioethics”, in Theological Studies, volume 41, number 4, →DOI, page 757:
text: Here was the clearest statement yet of the “Magisteriology” of the dissenting theologians: the teaching of Humanae Vitae was not in fact morally binding, and it was the great task of theologians to help ordinary laypeople to understand this.
ref: 2015, Peter M. Mitchell, The Coup at Catholic University: The 1968 Revolution in American Catholic Education, →ISBN:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Theology of the magisterium, i.e. the teaching authority of the church. More precisely the study of how to interpret the teachings of the church.
Methuselaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Methuselaic
form: most Methuselaic
Etymology: From Methuselah + -ic, patterned after Mosaic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Methuselan.
synonyms: word: Methuselan
Methuselan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Methuselan
form: most Methuselan
Etymology: From Methuselah + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Methuselaic
glosses: Pertaining to Methuselah or something associated with him (such as very long-lived stars).
whuffie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌfi/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˈʍʌfi/
rhymes: -ʌfi
Etymology: Coined by Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory Doctorow in the novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (2003). Popularized by Tara Hunt in the non-fiction book The Whuffie Factor (2009).
Senses: examples: text: On the photo-sharing site Flickr, for example, your whuffie might go up with the number of photos you post, the tags you place on photos, the helpful comments you make about other people's photos, the number of useful galleries you create, and so on.
ref: 2010, Mark Durieux, Robert Stebbins, Social Entrepreneurship For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 188:
glosses: A type of social capital or reputation, especially within an online community.
wikipedia: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Tara Hunt
Buffalo Trace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Buffalo Trace
Senses: examples: text: The most prominent overland path through the area was the Buffalo Trace, a cluster of trails running from the prairies of Illinois to salt licks in northern and central Kentucky.
ref: 2016 March 1, Ashley Slavey, Megan Simms, Wes Cunningham, Eric Brumfield, Katy Morrison, “Buffalo Trace”, in Discover Indiana, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023:
text: These paths, called the Buffalo Trace, used by Native Americans and became premier travel route for early settlers and military.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “IHB: Buffalo Trace Route”, in Indiana Historical Bureau, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2023:
glosses: A cluster of tracks of compressed dirt left by migrating American bison in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, later used by settlers.
plus minus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sports statistic measuring a player's impact, equal to the difference between their team's total scoring versus their opponent's when the player is in the game.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sports statistic calculated as the number of goals scored in all league matches minus the number of goals conceded.
QNA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: QnA
form: Q'n'A
form: Q 'n' A
form: Q n' A
form: Q 'n A
form: Q.N.A.
form: Q. N. A.
Senses: hypernyms: news agency
glosses: Initialism of Qatar News Agency.
QNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QNAs
form: QnA
form: Q'n'A
form: Q 'n' A
form: Q n' A
form: Q 'n A
form: Q.N.A.
form: Q. N. A.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Q and A.