Hennessy Road (traditional Chinese: 軒尼詩道; simplified Chinese: 轩尼诗道; pinyin: Xuānníshī Dào; Cantonese Yale: hin1 nei4 si1 dou6) is a thoroughfare on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It connects Yee Wo Street on the east in Causeway Bay, and Queensway on the western end in Wan Chai.
The road is named after John Pope Hennessy, the Governor of Hong Kong between 1877 and 1882.
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