西營盤

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Chinese

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west military camp; barracks; Nikolaevka
trad. (西營盤) 西 營盤
simp. (西营盘) 西 营盘
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Etymology

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Composed of 西 (sai1, “west”) and 營盤 (jing4 pun4, “camp”), as a fortification set up by pirates in present day Sai Ying Pun.[1] A commonly cited folk etymology is that Sai Ying Pun is named after a military camp established by the early British military at West Point (西角, now a disused placename), a location west of Possession Point (水坑口).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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西營盤

  1. Sai Ying Pun (an area in Hong Kong)

References

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  1. ^ Alfred Y.K. Lau (1995) “The Origin of Sai Ying Pun: A Pirate's Fortification or a British Military Encampment?”, in Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society[1], volume 35, pages 59-73