Meanings
- An area of Wong Tai Sin district, Hong Kong.
After a brutal knife attack killed two women at a mall in Diamond Hill this month, Hong Kong police held a press conference which spelt out the shockingly indiscriminate nature of the assault.
2023 June 25, Lea Mok, “Series of knife attacks underscores mental health shortcomings in ‘happy Hong Kong’”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2023, Hong Kong2 more examples
Hong Kong’s Diamond Hill was once home to a mix of gamblers, thugs and movie stars. Over the last 20 years, the government cleared away much of the squalor (and history) to make way for a subway stop, generic high-rise housing developments and the cacophonous Hollywood Plaza shopping center.
2010 February 24, Julie Makinen, “A Green and Gold Gem in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times (In Transit section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023Diamond Hill has traditionally been one of the poorest parts of Hong Kong. In the 1950s and 60s, the area became one of the city's largest 'informal settlements', with squatter villages stretching down the slopes towards the city, housing some 50,000 people at their peak.
2011 October 2, Alex Frew Mcmillan, “Fung Tak Road, Diamond Hill”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2017
Origin
- Cantonese鑽石山 /钻石山
- EnglishDiamond Hill
Calque of Cantonese 鑽石山 /钻石山 (zyun³ sek⁶ saan¹, literally “stone-mining hill”).
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Chinese Cantonese 鑽石山 /钻石山
- 鑽石山 /钻石山 (zyun³ sek⁶ saan¹)area in Hong Kong
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Diamond Hill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Diamond%20Hill
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