Lamma Island
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- An island in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
- 2012 October 2, “At least 37 killed in Hong Kong boat crash”, in Deutsche Welle[1], archived from the original on September 12, 2015, China[2]:
- All of those confirmed dead and most of those injured are thought to have been on board a boat owned by the Hong Kong Electric company when it collided with the ferry near Lamma Island.
- 2019 January 8, Tiffany May, “Oil Tanker Catches Fire in Hong Kong, Killing One and Leaving Two Missing”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 January 2019, Asia Pacific[4]:
- Lamma Island is a residential island two miles off the coast of Hong Kong Island.
- 2022 May 21, Peter Lee, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, tram or billboard: Hong Kong superfans reflect their devotion”, in Hong Kong Free Press[5], archived from the original on 28 January 2024, Hong Kong:
- And last November, the fans of Mirror’s Jeremy Lau – better known as “Jer” – celebrated his birthday with an exhibition of artwork and an excursion to clean up Shek Pai Wan beach on Lamma Island.
Synonyms
[edit]- Lamma
- (uncommon) Pok Liu, Pok Liu Chau, Y Island