Admiralty
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See also: admiralty
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From admiralty. From the historical naval bases established in the regions, namely HMS Tamar for Hong Kong and HMS Sembawang for Singapore.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Admiralty
- An area in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
- 2019 August 18, Austin Ramzy, “Hong Kong Protesters Defy Police Ban in Show of Strength After Tumult”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 August 2019, Asia Pacific[2]:
- But when the march reached the government headquarters in the Admiralty district, the line of people behind stretched nearly two miles, with large crowds still waiting to leave the park.
- A planning area in Singapore.