Meaning of Morrison Hill | Babel Free

Definitions

A hill in Wan Chai, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

Examples

“Where today are Caroline Hill, East Point Hill, and Morrison Hill on which Hong Kong's first western school was built? Where are the bays which formerly indented the coastline of Hong Kong?”

“East of Morrison Hill and the rice paddies of Belcher Valley (named after himself by a rather conceited Captain Edward Belcher) were the godowns of the Jardine-Matheson company, situated roughly where the modern Excelsior Hotel in Causeway Bay now stands.”

“Hong Kong's most renowned European brothel operated during the interwar years just across from Morrison Hill, at the far end of Queen's Road East, run by a stately lady of shadowy origins named Ethel Morrison - it was rumoured that she took her professional surname from the hill across the way.”

“When the project began, workers delivered the earth from Morrison Hill to the reclamation using small trucks that they pushed by hand.”

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