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Lion Rock en · PROPN

Etymology

From lion + rock. * (Lion Rock, Kowloon): From being a rock formation having a form reminiscent of a crouching lion

Meanings

1. An island of Kinmen County, Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait, also known as Shi Islet
   • The flag of Taiwan is seen painted on Shihyu Islet in front of Xiamen, a coastal city in China, in Lieyu Township, Kinmen, Taiwan, October 19, 2021. [2022 March 9, Ben Blanchard, Yew Lun Tian, “Taiwan says China is too busy with party congress to raise tensions now”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022, World:
   • Troops on Kinmen's Shi Island (獅嶼) shot down a Chinese civilian-operated drone Thursday, the first such shootdown since Taiwan ordered a more robust response to unauthorized incursions. In a statement, the Kinmen Defense Command said soldiers stationed on the county's Shi Island (獅嶼) detected an unidentified Chinese drone flying in restricted areas near its outpost at 12:03 p.m. Thursday. [2022 September 1, Joseph Yeh, “Taiwan troops on Kinmen shoot down Chinese drone for first time”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022, Cross-Strait:
   • We are as close as you can get to China without entering the country. Little Kinmen, a tiny frontier island of sorghum fields and abandoned military forts, is less than three kilometres from the mainland port metropolis of Xiamen. The craggy islet of Lion Rock, which made international headlines in September when Taiwanese soldiers stationed there shot down a Chinese drone, sits just off the beach. 2022 November 25, Michael Smith, “Threat or opportunity: Taiwan’s China dilemma”, in Financial Review, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2022, World:
   • After the shoot-down of the drone, Taiwan’s military rushed extra drone jammers — which can disrupt signals of approaching drones — to its bases on Kinmen and Matsu Islands, said Maj. Gen. Chang Jun-Shen of the Kinmen Defense Command. The two islands, with substantial garrisons, send soldiers to Shiyu, or Lion Islet, the tiny outlying island where soldiers shot down the drone. Fewer than 20 soldiers are posted on the islet, defense analysts said.[…] “There is no evidence these commercial drones flown over outlying islands, including Lion Rock, were under military control,” he said. 2022 September 10, Jane Perlez, Amy Chang Chien, quoting Drew Thompson, “Chinese Drones: The Latest Irritant Buzzing Taiwan’s Defenses”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2022, Asia Pacific:
   • The Kinmen command said in a statement on Tuesday evening that soldiers stationed on three islets — Dadan (大膽), Erdan (二膽) and Shiyu (獅嶼) — each detected a Chinese commercial drone flying in restricted areas near their respective outposts at about 4:23pm. [2022 September 1, Chen Cheng-yu, Jake Chung, “Defense ministry lauded after action against drones”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2022, Front Page, page 1:
   • The Kinmen Defense Command said the drone entered restricted airspace over Shiyu island just after noon. [2022 September 1, “Taiwanese troops shoot down drone over island outpost”, in AP News, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022:
2. A hill in Sha Tin district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
3. A mountain in Tulare county, California, United States, on the Great Western Divide in the Sierra Nevadas.
4. A headland in Piha Beach, Auckland region, North Island, New Zealand, in the Waitākere Ranges on the Pacific Ocean.

Deriveds

Lionrock

Synonyms

Lion · Lion Fortress · Te Piha · Te Piha Rock · Lion Island · Lion Rock Hill · Lion Islet

Translations (1)

zh 獅子山 /狮子山 (Lion Rock, Hong Kong)