Etymology

Sheung Wan

Today it means: An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong. Full definition →

Cantonese 上環 /上环
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  1. Cantonese · borrowed from上環 /上环
  2. English todaySheung Wan

From Cantonese 上環 /上环 (soeng⁶ waan⁴), when the initial of the first syllable was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.