Diamond Hill

English

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 鑽石山／钻石山 (zyun³ sek⁶ saan¹, literally “stone-mining hill”).

Proper noun

Diamond Hill

1. An area in Wong Tai Sin district, Hong Kong.
   • 2010 February 24, Julie Makinen, “A Green and Gold Gem in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 November 2023, In Transit‎^[2]:

     Hong Kong’s Diamond Hill was once home to a mix of gamblers, thugs and movie stars. Over the last 20 years, the government cleared away much of the squalor (and history) to make way for a subway stop, generic high-rise housing developments and the cacophonous Hollywood Plaza shopping center.

   • 2023 June 25, Lea Mok, “Series of knife attacks underscores mental health shortcomings in ‘happy Hong Kong’”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[3], archived from the original on 25 June 2023, Hong Kong:

     After a brutal knife attack killed two women at a mall in Diamond Hill this month, Hong Kong police held a press conference which spelt out the shockingly indiscriminate nature of the assault.

Translations

area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鑽石山／钻石山 (zyun³ sek⁶ saan¹)