Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fortress hill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: fortress hill
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An area of Eastern district, Hong Kong.

Example Sentences

"Around 50 construction workers occupied a road in Fortress Hill on Thursday in a protest over unpaid wages."
"At one point on Saturday, scuffling broke out in the Fortress Hill neighborhood of Hong Kong Island near the site of a vandalized Lennon Wall.[…] New clashes between civilians erupted Sunday night in Fortress Hill and nearby North Point."
"Pro-democracy candidates won four out of five seats in the district, up from one in the last election. In the adjacent Fortress Hill neighborhood, they added another two."

Etymology

Named after a nearby fortress.

Questions

What does fortress hill mean?: An area of Eastern district, Hong Kong.
Where does fortress hill come from?: Named after a nearby fortress.

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