Kowloon Bay

English

Etymology

After the nearby Kowloon City.

Proper noun

Kowloon Bay

1. A bay in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
2. An area in Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
   • 2013 June 11, Bettina Wassener, “Hong Kong's Old Airport Reopens as a Cruise Ship Terminal”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 June 2013‎^[2]:

     The nearest neighborhoods — Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay — are somewhat rundown, and until planned public transportation connections are completed in the coming years, the terminal building’s rooftop gardens will be tough for ordinary visitors to reach.

   • 2015 October 6, Yanan Wang, “A homeless woman who died in McDonald’s was among Hong Kong’s legions of ‘McRefugees’”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 06, 2015‎^[4]:

     At 8:39 a.m. last Friday, the 24-hour McDonald’s restaurant in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, was as busy as always.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 九龍灣／九龙湾 (gau² lung⁴ waan¹)

Further reading

• Kowloon Bay at Google Ngram Viewer