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Hong Kong

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Etymology

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    From Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2, fragrant harbor),[1] the former name of a settlement in what is now Aberdeen on the southwest side of Hong Kong Island, where incense was stored for export.

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    Hong Kong

    1. A city in southeastern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; formerly owned by the United Kingdom.
      • 1850 December, “Foreign News”, in The Gentleman's Magazine[2], volume XXXIV, London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, page 645:
        CHINA.
        A rebellion of more than ordinary importance is in progress in this country. At the departure of the last mail from Hong Kong numerous bands of robbers were plundering and burning throughout the provinces of Kangsi and Canton, and, having captured the city of Kintschan, had advanced to within 120 English miles of Canton.
      • 1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants[3], Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 78–79:
        In 1962 a special law had to be passed to permit the immigration of several thousand Chinese refugees who had escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong.
      • 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life[4], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 437:
        The Chinese had promised to let Hong Kong keep its much more democratic political system, but I had the clear impression that the details of their reunion were still being worked out, and that neither side was fully satisfied with the present state of affairs.
      • 2022 May 11, “Reports: Hong Kong arrests Roman Catholic cardinal, 3 others”, in AP News[5], archived from the original on 12 May 2022:
        A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal, a singer and at least two others have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger China’s national security, in an action widely condemned as a further sign of Beijing’s erosion of rights in the city.
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hong Kong.
    2. An island in southeastern China, Hong Kong Island, the site of the city of the same name, lying off Guangdong (Canton) province.
      • 2016, Carolyn Phillips, “The Coastal Southeast”, in All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China[6], Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 189:
        Sampans and punts crowded the tight harbors of places like Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island, and these fisherfolk cooked up the day’s catch for their customers on the most minimal of stoves.
      • 2019 April 17, Marcelle Sussman Fischler, “House Hunting in … Hong Kong”, in The New York Times[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-04-17, Real Estate‎[8]:
        This two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom apartment is in the western section of Mid-Levels, an affluent residential area built into the northern slope of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.
    3. A special administrative region of China, which includes the city and island of the same name as well as nearby islands and the Kowloon Peninsula.
    4. (historical) A colony of the United Kingdom, which previously administered the area of the present-day Chinese special administrative region.

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    Province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China in English (layout · text)
    Provinces: Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan (claimed) · Yunnan · Zhejiang
    Autonomous regions: Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang
    Municipalities: Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing
    Special administrative regions: Hong Kong · Macau

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    1. ^ Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hong Kong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[1], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1304, column 1:Hong Kong, Mandarin Xiang-gang [Mandarin=fragrant harbor] []

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    Proper noun

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    Hong Kong

    1. Alternative spelling of Hongkong, a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China

    Declension

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    Inflection of Hong Kong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    nominative Hong Kong
    genitive Hong Kongin
    partitive Hong Kongia
    illative Hong Kongiin
    singular plural
    nominative Hong Kong
    accusative nom. Hong Kong
    gen. Hong Kongin
    genitive Hong Kongin
    partitive Hong Kongia
    inessive Hong Kongissa
    elative Hong Kongista
    illative Hong Kongiin
    adessive Hong Kongilla
    ablative Hong Kongilta
    allative Hong Kongille
    essive Hong Kongina
    translative Hong Kongiksi
    abessive Hong Kongitta
    instructive
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of Hong Kong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Hong Kongini
    accusative nom. Hong Kongini
    gen. Hong Kongini
    genitive Hong Kongini
    partitive Hong Kongiani
    inessive Hong Kongissani
    elative Hong Kongistani
    illative Hong Kongiini
    adessive Hong Kongillani
    ablative Hong Kongiltani
    allative Hong Kongilleni
    essive Hong Konginani
    translative Hong Kongikseni
    abessive Hong Kongittani
    instructive
    comitative
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Hong Kongisi
    accusative nom. Hong Kongisi
    gen. Hong Kongisi
    genitive Hong Kongisi
    partitive Hong Kongiasi
    inessive Hong Kongissasi
    elative Hong Kongistasi
    illative Hong Kongiisi
    adessive Hong Kongillasi
    ablative Hong Kongiltasi
    allative Hong Kongillesi
    essive Hong Konginasi
    translative Hong Kongiksesi
    abessive Hong Kongittasi
    instructive
    comitative
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Hong Kongimme
    accusative nom. Hong Kongimme
    gen. Hong Kongimme
    genitive Hong Kongimme
    partitive Hong Kongiamme
    inessive Hong Kongissamme
    elative Hong Kongistamme
    illative Hong Kongiimme
    adessive Hong Kongillamme
    ablative Hong Kongiltamme
    allative Hong Kongillemme
    essive Hong Konginamme
    translative Hong Kongiksemme
    abessive Hong Kongittamme
    instructive
    comitative
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Hong Konginne
    accusative nom. Hong Konginne
    gen. Hong Konginne
    genitive Hong Konginne
    partitive Hong Kongianne
    inessive Hong Kongissanne
    elative Hong Kongistanne
    illative Hong Kongiinne
    adessive Hong Kongillanne
    ablative Hong Kongiltanne
    allative Hong Kongillenne
    essive Hong Konginanne
    translative Hong Kongiksenne
    abessive Hong Kongittanne
    instructive
    comitative
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Hong Konginsa
    accusative nom. Hong Konginsa
    gen. Hong Konginsa
    genitive Hong Konginsa
    partitive Hong Kongiaan
    Hong Kongiansa
    inessive Hong Kongissaan
    Hong Kongissansa
    elative Hong Kongistaan
    Hong Kongistansa
    illative Hong Kongiinsa
    adessive Hong Kongillaan
    Hong Kongillansa
    ablative Hong Kongiltaan
    Hong Kongiltansa
    allative Hong Kongilleen
    Hong Kongillensa
    essive Hong Konginaan
    Hong Konginansa
    translative Hong Kongikseen
    Hong Kongiksensa
    abessive Hong Kongittaan
    Hong Kongittansa
    instructive
    comitative

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    Hong Kong f

    1. Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)

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    Portuguese

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    From Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2, fragrant harbour).

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁõˈkõ/ [ˌhõˈkõ], /ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi/ [ˌhõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi]
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌʁõˈkõ/ [ˌχõˈkõ], /ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi/ [ˌχõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁõˈkõ/ [ˌhõˈkõ], /ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡe/ [ˌhõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡe]

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    Hong Kong f

    1. Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)

    Romanian

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    Hong Kong n

    1. Hong Kong

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    Hȍng Kȍng m (Cyrillic spelling Хо̏нг Ко̏нг)

    1. Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)

    Spanish

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    Hong Kong ?

    1. Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)
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    Tagalog

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2, Fragrant Harbor).

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    Hong Kong (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜅ᜔)

    1. Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southern China)