Lamma Island

English

Etymology

From Lamma ‎ island.

Proper noun

Lamma Island

1. An island in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
   • 2012 October 2, “At least 37 killed in Hong Kong boat crash”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[1], archived from the original on September 12, 2015, China‎^[2]:

     All of those confirmed dead and most of those injured are thought to have been on board a boat owned by the Hong Kong Electric company when it collided with the ferry near Lamma Island.

   • 2019 January 8, Tiffany May, “Oil Tanker Catches Fire in Hong Kong, Killing One and Leaving Two Missing”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 January 2019, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     Lamma Island is a residential island two miles off the coast of Hong Kong Island.

Synonyms

• Lamma
• (uncommon) Pok Liu, Pok Liu Chau, Y Island

Translations

island in Hong Kong

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 南丫島／南丫岛 (naam⁴ aa¹ dou²), 南丫 (naam⁴ aa¹)

Further reading

• Lamma Island at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.