admiralty

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
2. (countable, uncountable)The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
3. (countable, uncountable)The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
4. (countable, uncountable)The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
5. (countable, uncountable)The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.

name

1. An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.

   “On Wednesday, police dismantled barricades at the last main occupation site in the city's Admiralty district and arrested some 200 protesters who refused to leave the site.”

   “But when the march reached the government headquarters in the Admiralty district, the line of people behind stretched nearly two miles, with large crowds still waiting to leave the park.”

   “A Hong Kong court has sentenced seven people to up to three years in jail for rioting in Admiralty, when the city was in the throes of the 2019 anti-extradition unrest.”

2. A planning area in Singapore.