"Mount Nicholson" meaning in All languages combined

See Mount Nicholson on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Perhaps named after Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson. Etymology templates: {{lang|en|Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson}} Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson, {{named-after|en|Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson|nocap=1}} named after Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Mount Nicholson}} Mount Nicholson
  1. A peak in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong. Categories (place): Mountains, Places in Hong Kong Translations (peak in Hong Kong): 聶高信山 (Chinese Cantonese), 聂高信山 (Chinese Cantonese)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson"
      },
      "expansion": "Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "named after Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson",
      "name": "named-after"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps named after Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "Mount Nicholson"
      },
      "expansion": "Mount Nicholson",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Cantonese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mountains",
          "orig": "en:Mountains",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Hong Kong",
          "orig": "en:Places in Hong Kong",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore, page 137:",
          "text": "Meanwhile the Grenadiers, preparatory to the dawn attack, had been ordered to occupy a forward position astride Mount Nicholson.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 19:",
          "text": "The southern anchor moves from Wong Nai Chung Gap to Mount Nicholson, then Mount Cameron, and finally Wan Chai Gap and a little west. Further south is the 'central sector'.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 1, Nan Fung Group, “8 Deep Water Bay Drive – Mindful living meets luxury in the midst of nature”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-08-02, World:",
          "text": "Of great ecological significance is the Nam Fung Road Woodland nestled at the southern foot of Mount Nicholson. The only Feng Shui forest on Hong Kong island, it dates back to the city’s earliest days, featuring the highest number of plant species recorded in Hong Kong, including plants of great conservation value(3).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Middle Gap is about halfway along Black's Link. It is the gap between Mount Cameron on the right and Mount Nicholson on the left. After passing Middle Gap, the righthand side of the track opens up while the left-hand side is protected by the slopes of Mount Nicholson.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A peak in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong."
      ],
      "id": "en-Mount_Nicholson-en-name-RLr6KF9R",
      "links": [
        [
          "peak",
          "peak"
        ],
        [
          "Wan Chai",
          "Wan Chai#English"
        ],
        [
          "Hong Kong",
          "Hong Kong#English"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "peak in Hong Kong",
          "word": "聶高信山"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "peak in Hong Kong",
          "word": "聂高信山"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mount Nicholson"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson"
      },
      "expansion": "Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "named after Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson",
      "name": "named-after"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps named after Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "Mount Nicholson"
      },
      "expansion": "Mount Nicholson",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "en:Mountains",
        "en:Places in Hong Kong"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore, page 137:",
          "text": "Meanwhile the Grenadiers, preparatory to the dawn attack, had been ordered to occupy a forward position astride Mount Nicholson.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 19:",
          "text": "The southern anchor moves from Wong Nai Chung Gap to Mount Nicholson, then Mount Cameron, and finally Wan Chai Gap and a little west. Further south is the 'central sector'.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 1, Nan Fung Group, “8 Deep Water Bay Drive – Mindful living meets luxury in the midst of nature”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-08-02, World:",
          "text": "Of great ecological significance is the Nam Fung Road Woodland nestled at the southern foot of Mount Nicholson. The only Feng Shui forest on Hong Kong island, it dates back to the city’s earliest days, featuring the highest number of plant species recorded in Hong Kong, including plants of great conservation value(3).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Middle Gap is about halfway along Black's Link. It is the gap between Mount Cameron on the right and Mount Nicholson on the left. After passing Middle Gap, the righthand side of the track opens up while the left-hand side is protected by the slopes of Mount Nicholson.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A peak in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peak",
          "peak"
        ],
        [
          "Wan Chai",
          "Wan Chai#English"
        ],
        [
          "Hong Kong",
          "Hong Kong#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "peak in Hong Kong",
      "word": "聶高信山"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "peak in Hong Kong",
      "word": "聂高信山"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mount Nicholson"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Mount Nicholson meaning in All languages combined (2.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.