Wanchai

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 灣仔 / 湾仔 (waan1 zai2).

Proper noun

Wanchai

  1. Alternative form of Wan Chai (“area in Hong Kong”).
  2. (historical) A former district of Victoria, Hong Kong, United Kingdom.
    • 1967 December 22, “Rest & Recuperation for U.S. Fighting Men”, in Time‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 54, column 2:
      In Hong Kong‘s Wanchai District, the turf of Suzy Wong, a sailor from a U.S. ship just back from patrol duty off Viet Nam dances with Helen of the Rainbow Bar.
    • 2014 May, Ian Hamilton, The Water Rat of Wanchai: An Ava Lee Novel‎[2], New York: Picador, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:
      I also had a Hong Kong address for him, in the Wanchai district.

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