Causeway Bay

proper noun

An area of Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

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proper noun
  1. An area of Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

    On Friday, police cordoned off parts of the park in Causeway Bay, which for some 30 years was the site of annual candlelight vigils to remember those who died during the 1989 crackdown.

    2022 June 4, “In Pictures: High security and mini acts of defiance as Hong Kong seeks to thwart Tiananmen crackdown commemorations”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2022
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    But back to snacks that will test that iron stomach. The best places to find “siu sik” (“small eats” in Cantonese) are in the labyrinthine streets Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. There is very little of this in sanitized Central. All these pictures were taken one evening in my neighborhood of Hung Hom.

    2008 April 16, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “What in God’s Name is That? Hong Kong Street Food, Part 1”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, In Transit

    For a long time, Hong Kong’s frenetic night life scene has centered on fancy hotel bars and glitzy clubs swarmed with corporate bankers. Tai Hang — a quickly gentrifying area southeast of the city’s shiny Causeway Bay district — is now offering more laid-back options.

    2013 September 25, Aric Chen, “A Hong Kong Neighborhood That’s a Lot Like Brooklyn”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, Food, Travel

    The rally on Sunday in Victoria Park, in the Causeway Bay district, was authorized in advance by the police. But protesters were also expected to begin marching later in the day from Sham Shui Po, a working-class neighborhood on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from North Point. The police rejected their application for a permit.

    2019 August 11, Mike Ives, “Hong Kong Protesters Gather Amid Fears of Mob Violence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2019

    Black-clad protesters were seen chanting pro-democracy slogans in the city's busy shopping districts of Causeway Bay and Wan Chai, demanding "Liberate Hong Kong, "Stand with Hong Kong" and "Revolution of our times."

    2020 May 24, “Hong Kong: Tear gas fired as thousands protest new security law”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 May 2020, Politics

    Police on Monday took away Sanmu Chen on a street of Causeway Bay, a busy Hong Kong shopping district, close to a park that for decades hosted an annual vigil to mourn the victims of the 1989 crackdown.

    2024 June 3, Kanis Leung, “Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown”, in AP News, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2024, World News
  2. A bay of Hong Kong Island in Causeway Bay and Tai Hang, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong, now reclaimed.

Synonyms & antonyms

area in Hong Kong

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Origin

Named after Causeway Road, which was originally built as a causeway.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 銅鑼灣 /铜锣湾
  • 銅鑼灣 /铜锣湾area in Hong Kong
Chinese Mandarin 銅鑼灣 /铜锣湾
  • 銅鑼灣 /铜锣湾 (Tóngluówān)area in Hong Kong
Japanese 銅鑼灣
  • 銅鑼灣 (dorawan)area in Hong Kong
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APA

Causeway Bay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Causeway%20Bay

MLA

“Causeway Bay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Causeway%20Bay. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Causeway Bay,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Causeway%20Bay.

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