Hong Kong
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (region in China):
Etymology[edit]
From Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2, “Fragrant Harbor”), the former name of a settlement in what is now Aberdeen on the southwest side of Hong Kong Island.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Hong Kong
- 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[1], 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.
- CHINA.
- An island in southeastern China, Hong Kong Island, the site of the city of the same name, lying off Guangdong province.
- 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.
- (historical) A colony of the United Kingdom, which previously administered the area of the present-day Chinese special administrative region.
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Translations[edit]
coastal administrative region in south-east China
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Asturian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Finnish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Hong Kong
- Alternative spelling of Hongkong, a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Hong Kong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Hong Kongitta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Hong Kong (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Hong Kongini | Hong Kongimme |
2nd person | Hong Kongisi | Hong Konginne |
3rd person | Hong Konginsa |
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔ̃ɡ.kɔ̃ɡ/, /ɔŋ.kɔŋ/
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Proper noun[edit]
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
See also[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Hongkong (dated)
- Honguecongue
Etymology[edit]
From Cantonese 香港 (“fragrant harbour”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Hong Kong f
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Hong Kong m (Cyrillic spelling Хонг Конг)
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
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