Meanings
- An area of Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
Tucked away between Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, Bowrington is one of Hong Kong Island's more interesting neighbourhoods.
2008 June 29, Jason Wordie, “Out and about”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Nov 20232 more examples
He’d spent free time when he was young, walking through the streets of neighbouring Bowrington, a place near Wanchai where you had a good day if you didn’t get hit by falling garbage.
1995, Jared Mitchell, “War”, in The Invincible (Fiction), Lester Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13On Christmas Day the Allied forces on Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese. At the time of surrender the East Brigade had been pushed down into the tip of the Stanley peninsula, and the West Brigade held a line that ran roughly from Bowrington in the north to Aberdeen in the south — less than a quarter of the Island’s territory was held between them.
2009, Robyn Walker, “The Battle Rages”, in Sergeant Gander: A Canadian Hero, Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 69 - historicalA former district of Victoria, Hong Kong, United Kingdom.
Synonyms & antonyms
area in Hong Kong
Origin
Named after John Bowring, the 4th Governor of British Hong Kong.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 鵝頸 /鹅颈, 寶靈頓 /宝灵顿
- 鵝頸 /鹅颈area in Hong Kong
- 寶靈頓 /宝灵顿area in Hong Kong
Cite this entry
Bowrington. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bowrington
“Bowrington.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bowrington. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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