Meaning of Mount Gough | Babel Free

Definitions

A peak in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.

Examples

“2. Polygata arillata, Hamilt.–Wight et Arn. Prod. vol. i. p.39. Very rare. A shrub on Mount⟳ Gough, and another on Mount⟳ Victoria (since destroyed by the Chinese), were all that had been seen.”

“I was instructed to deliver⟳ the 6-inch How shells and cartridges to the gun positions at Mount⟳ Austin and Mount⟳ Gough. I arrived at Aberdeen headquarters, where the lorries with loading parties and guards were waiting.”

“Severn Road, which winds around Mount⟳ Gough just below Peak Road, is the most expensive residential street in the world - at HK$50,725 per square foot, up 72 per cent in a year.”

“Gough was buried in Dublin and an equestrian statue of him was erected in the Phoenix Park⟳. It was later vandalised and moved to England. He was also commemorated by Mount⟳ Gough on Hong Kong island, which is now back in the hands of the Chinese.”

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