Editing Wan Chai (section)

==Names==
[[File:Wan Chai.jpg|thumb|Panorama of Wan Chai, Hong Kong, taken from a lookout along [[Stubbs Road]] near [[Victoria Peak]]]]
Wan Chai originally began as '''Ha Wan''' ({{lang-zh|t=下環|labels=no}}), literally meaning "a bottom ring" or "lower circuit".<ref name="Wordie">{{cite book |title= Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island|last= Wordie|first= Jason|year= 2002|publisher= [[Hong Kong University Press]]|location= Hong Kong|isbn= 962-209-563-1}}</ref> As one of the earliest developed areas in Hong Kong along the [[Victoria Harbour]], [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]] ("centre ring" in Chinese), [[Sheung Wan]] ("upper ring"), [[Sai Wan]] ("western ring") and Wan Chai are collectively known as the ''four rings'' ({{lang-zh|t=四環|labels=no}}) by the locals. Wan Chai literally means "a cove" in [[Cantonese]], from the shape of its coastal line; however, owing to drastic city development and continual [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|land reclamation]], the area is no longer a cove.