Big Wave Bay

English

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 大浪灣／大浪湾 (daai⁶ long⁶ waan¹). Doublet of Tai Long Wan.

Proper noun

Big Wave Bay

1. An area in Shek O, Southern district, Hong Kong.
   • 2006, “Hong Kong Beaches”, in The New York Times, Fodor's‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Travel‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 2016 July 7, Dina Mishev, “Hong Kong’s urban jungle is real, not a metaphor for concrete and steel”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 July 2016, Travel‎^[4]:

     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.

   • 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^[5], archived from the original on 8 March 2024, Hong Kong:

     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.

2. A bay of Hong Kong Island in Shek O, Southern district, Hong Kong.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大浪灣／大浪湾 (daai⁶ long⁶ waan¹)

bay in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大浪灣／大浪湾 (daai⁶ long⁶ waan¹)