The following is a non-exhaustive list of the etymologies of place names in Hong Kong.
CityLanguage originFeatureNamed forAlternative name / spellingDerived place namesNamed by Victoria English person Victoria of the United KingdomVictoria HarbourVictoria Peak Kowloon Chinese geographic nine dragons or nine hillsKowloon CityKowloon BayKowloon TongKowloon TsaiKowloon PeakKowloon PointEmperor Bing of SongLantauCantonesegeographicragged headLantaoLantau PeakLantau IslandAberdeenEnglishpersonGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, The 4th Earl of AberdeenAberdeen HarbourAberdeen IslandAldrich BayEnglishpersonMajor Edward AldrichAdmiraltyEnglishhistoricWellington BarracksAndersonEnglishpersonCharles Alexander AndersonTai Sheung Tok BowringtonEnglishpersonJohn BowringButterfly ValleyEnglishfaunaa historical butterfly habitat Cape CollinsonEnglishpersonMajor-General Thomas Bernard CollinsonHak Kok TauCastle PeakEnglishgeographicCrocodile HillEnglishgeographicLok Yee ShanCauseway BayEnglishgeographicEast PointD'Aguilar PeakEnglishpersonMajor-General Sir George Charles d'AguilarCape D'AguilarD'Aguilar PeninsulaDeep Water BayEnglishgeographicDiscovery BayEnglishEagle's NestEnglishgeographicTsim ShanFortress HillEnglishhistoricNorth Point BatteryGin Drinkers BayEnglishhistoricKwai Chung OHammer HillEnglishgeographicHappy ValleyEnglishactivityHappy Valley RacecourseWong Nai Chung ValleyJordan ValleyEnglishpersonGregory Paul JordanKellett IslandEnglishpersonHenry KellettTang Lung ChauKennedy TownEnglishpersonSir Arthur Edward KennedyKing's ParkEnglishpersonLamma IslandPortuguesecartographicLamma ChannelLeighton HillEnglishpersonA H. LeightonMount DavisEnglishpersonSir John Francis DavisMount KellettEnglishpersonHenry KellettKellett BayNorth PointLiteral EnglishgeographicPenny's BayEnglishpersonPlover CoveEnglishgeographicShuen WanPossession PointEnglishhistoricThe landing point of first British troopsShui Hang HauRennie's MillEnglishhistoricRennie's Flour Mill (closed)Tiu Keng LengRepulse BayEnglishhistoricHMS RepulseSandy BayEnglishgeographicTai Hau WanSilvermine BayEnglishhistoricSilver miningSilverstrandEnglishgeographicStanleyEnglishpersonLord Edward Smith-StanleyStonecutters IslandEnglishactivityStonecuttingNgong Shuen ChauSugarloaf PeakEnglishgeographicShui Chuen OSunny BayEnglishactivityRenamed as per request from The Walt Disney Company upon the opening of the Hong Kong DisneylandYam OTa Shui WanSunset PeakEnglishgeographicTai Tung ShanTamarEnglishhistoricHMS TamarTate's CairnEnglishpersonGeorge Passman TateTai Lo ShanTelegraph BayEnglishhistoricCable and Wireless' Hong Kong cable portWaterfall BayEnglishgeographicWest PointLiteral EnglishgeographicSai Ying PunWhiteheadEnglishpersonThomas Henderson WhiteheadPak ShekBeacon HillLiteral Chinesehistoricbeacon constructed during Ming dynastyBig Wave BayLiteral ChinesegeographicTai Long WanBride's PoolLiteral Chinesehistoriclegend of a bride falling into the pool and drownedCheung ChauCantonesegeographiclong islandClearwater BayLiteral ChinesegeographicClear Water BayDiamond HillLiteral Chinese (mistranslation)activityStone-mining (lit. 鑽石) as a verb, which means diamond when used as a noun FanlingCantonesegeographicpowdery peak Homantin Cantonese personland of Ho's and Man'sHo Man Tin Joss House Bay Literal Chinese building joss houseTai Miu WanKai TakCantonesepersonland of Ho Kai and Au Tak Kwun Tong Cantonese historic Koon Fu (government-owned) salt yards Lei Yue Mun Cantonese faunacarp's channelLyemunLymoonLy-e-Mun Ma Wan Cantonesehorse bayMongkokCantonesegeographicbustling cornerMong Kok Mui Wo Cantonese geographic plum nest Peng Chau Cantoneseflat islandPokfulamCantonesePok Fu Lam Sai Kung Town Cantoneseactivity Sha Tau Kok Cantonesesandy head pointSha TinCantonesegeographicsandy fieldShatin Shek O Cantonese geographic rocky bay Shek Tong Tsui Cantonese geographic stone quarry point Sok Kwu Wan Cantonese Tai O CantonesegeographicTai PoHakka Chinesehistoricbig stepTolo HarbourCantoneseactivityPearl (lo) harvestingTolo ChannelTin Shui WaiCantonesegeographicTseung Kwan OCantonesehistoricGeneral's BayJunk BayTsuen WanCantonesegeographicshallow bayTuen Mun Literal Chinesehistoricmilitary campYuen LongCantonesegeographicround plainsUn Long Yung Shue Wan CantoneseBanyan Tree Bay
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Place names of Hong Kong