Bowrington

English

Etymology

Named after John Bowring, the 4th Governor of British Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Bowrington

1. An area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
   • 2008 June 29, Jason Wordie, “Out and about”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 November 2023‎^[2]:

     Tucked away between Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, Bowrington is one of Hong Kong Island's more interesting neighbourhoods.

   • 2009, Robyn Walker, “The Battle Rages”, in Sergeant Gander: A Canadian Hero‎^[3], Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 69:

     On Christmas Day the Allied forces on Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese. At the time of surrender the East Brigade had been pushed down into the tip of the Stanley peninsula, and the West Brigade held a line that ran roughly from Bowrington in the north to Aberdeen in the south — less than a quarter of the Island’s territory was held between them.

2. (historical) A district of Victoria, Hong Kong, United Kingdom.

Synonyms

• (area in Hong Kong): Ngo Keng, Bowring City (obsolete)

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鵝頸／鹅颈, 寶靈頓／宝灵顿