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Middle Gap

name

Etymology

From middle + gap.

  1. derived from *ǵʰeh₂-✻ — “to open wide, gape”
  2. derived from *gapōną✻
  3. derived from gap — “an empty space, gap, chasm”
  4. inherited from gap//gappe
  5. compounded as middle gap — “middle + gap”

Definitions

  1. A mountain pass in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

    • While moving there they came under heavy fire from Doi's men on the hill and had to be withdrawn to Middle Gap, where they spent the night exposed to pouring rain and a cold wind – a cheerless prelude to a dawn attack.
    • The Japanese tunnels were crude, carved out of the hills. Mr Bruce said one could be found along the path running from Middle Gap to Middle Gap Road, another on a path near Queen Mary Hospital.
    • The vehicle had been boosted from the public car park up at Middle Gap on the Peak of Hong Kong Island and kept out of sight in a lock-up garage in Kennedy Town until darkness fell.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA