Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deep water bay

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables
deep- wa-ter bay
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

Possibly a calque of Cantonese 深水灣 /深水湾 (sam¹ seoi² waan¹, literally “Deep Water Bay”).

Synonyms

Sham Shui Wan

Questions

What does deep water bay mean?
An area of Southern district, Hong Kong.
Where does deep water bay come from?
Possibly a calque of Cantonese 深水灣 /深水湾 (sam¹ seoi² waan¹, literally “Deep Water Bay”).

How to pronounce deep water bay

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