Jardine's Lookout

English

Etymology

Named after William Jardine of the Jardine, Matheson & Company.

Proper noun

Jardine's Lookout

1. A hill in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
   • 2011 August 18, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Highlighting Differences in Interpretations of the Opium War”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 August 2011, Books‎^[2]:

     Her Hong Kong hotel suite had a view of Jardine’s Lookout, which commemorates William Jardine, an opium agent and one of the founders of the powerful trading company known today as Jardine Matheson Holdings.

2. A residential area in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
   • 2012 August 31, Alex Frew McMillan, Joy Leung, Umesh Desai, “Chinese home builder Agile's chairman arrested over indecent assault”, in Daniel Magnowski, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on April 22, 2024, Markets:

     Chen owns a home on Purves Road in the luxury district of Jardine's Lookout, which overlooks Happy Valley racecourse, local media reported.

Translations

hill in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 渣甸山

residential area in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 渣甸山

Further reading

• Jardine's Lookout at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.