Meanings
- An area of Eastern district, Hong Kong.
Around 50 construction workers occupied a road in Fortress Hill on Thursday in a protest over unpaid wages.
2016 February 4, Kris Cheng, “50 construction workers occupy Fortress Hill road in protest over unpaid wages”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2025, Business, Hong Kong, Politics & Protest2 more examples
At one point on Saturday, scuffling broke out in the Fortress Hill neighborhood of Hong Kong Island near the site of a vandalized Lennon Wall.[…] New clashes between civilians erupted Sunday night in Fortress Hill and nearby North Point.
2019 September 15, Mike Ives, Elaine Yu, “Hong Kong Protesters March Again, Defying the Police”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2019Pro-democracy candidates won four out of five seats in the district, up from one in the last election. In the adjacent Fortress Hill neighborhood, they added another two.
2019 December 27, “Young democrats shake up Hong Kong politics”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2019
Origin
Named after a nearby fortress.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 炮臺山 /炮台山
- 炮臺山 /炮台山 (paau³ toi⁴ saan¹)area in Hong Kong
Chinese Mandarin 炮臺山 /炮台山
- 炮臺山 /炮台山 (Pàotáishān)area in Hong Kong
Cite this entry
Fortress Hill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fortress%20Hill
“Fortress Hill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fortress%20Hill. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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