Pak Sha Wan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 白沙灣／白沙湾.

Proper noun

Pak Sha Wan

1. Name of various bays in Hong Kong:
   1. A bay in Sai Kung district, Hong Kong: Hebe Haven.
      • 2023 June 25, Danny Mok, “Hong Kong swimmer and fisherman drown in 2 separate incidents in Sai Kung”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 June 2023, Society:

        Two men drowned in separate incidents while engaging in water sports in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung on Sunday.
        In the first incident, a 67-year-old man was part of a group of 28 people who took a boat trip from Pak Sha Wan.
        He was reported missing while swimming around the boat at a spot 250 metres (820 feet) off Tai Long Sai Wan and was later found unconscious on a nearby rocky beach.

   2. A former bay of Hong Kong Island in Eastern district, Hong Kong
      • 2022 September 15, Philip Cracknell, The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

        There was a 6-inch coastal battery at Pak Sha Wan, a 6-inch howitzer battery at Sai Wan and a 3-inch AA battery at Sai Wan Hill.

   3. A bay of Hong Kong Island in Stanley, Southern district, Hong Kong

Translations

Hebe Haven — see Hebe Haven

bay in Eastern District

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 白沙灣／白沙湾

bay in Stanley

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 白沙灣／白沙湾

Further reading

• Pak Sha Wan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.