Hong Kong

See also: Hongkong, Hong-Kong, and Hồng Kông

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2, literally “fragrant harbor”), a former settlement and area now known as Aberdeen on the southwest side of Hong Kong Island.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

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Proper noun

Hong Kong

1. A city located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea, formerly owned by the United Kingdom and now administrated by the People's Republic of China.
2. Hong Kong Island, the site of the city, lying off Guangdong province in southeastern China.
3. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, which includes nearby islands and the Kowloon Peninsula.
4. (historical) The British colony which previously administered the area of the present-day Chinese SAR.

Synonyms

• (region in China): HK, Hongkong, Xianggang

Derived terms

• Hongkonger, Hong Konger
• Hongkongese
• Hongcouver

Translations

coastal administrative region in south-east China

• Afrikaans: Hongkong
• Albanian: Hong Kong
• Amharic: ሆንግ ኮንግ (hong kong)
• Arabic: هُونْغ كُونْغ‎‎ m (honḡ konḡ), هُونْغْكُونْغ‎‎ m (honḡkonḡ), هُونْكُونْغ‎‎ m (honkonḡ), هُونْجْكُونْج‎‎ m (hongkong), هُونْج كُونْج‎‎ m (hong kong), هُونْكُونْج‎‎ m (honkong)
• Aragonese: Hong Kong
• Armenian: Հոնկոնգ (Honkong)
• Assamese: হংকং (hoṅkoṅ)
• Asturian: Hong Kong
• Azerbaijani: Honq Konq, Syanqan
• Bashkir: Гонконг (Gonkong), Һоңкоң (Hoñkoñ)
• Basque: Hong Kong
• Belarusian: Ганко́нг m (Hankónh), Сянга́н m (Sjanhán)
• Bengali: হংকং (hôngkông), হং কং (hông kông)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: হংকং (haṅkaṁ)
• Breton: Hong Kong
• Bulgarian: Хонко́нг m (Honkóng), Сянга́н m (Sjangán), Хонг Конг (bg) m (Hong Kong)
• Burmese: ဟောင်ကောင် (haungkaung)
• Catalan: Hong Kong
• Cebuano: Hong Kong
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 香港 (hoeng¹ gong²)

  Hakka: 香港 (Hiông-kóng)

  Mandarin: 香港 (zh) (Xiānggǎng)

  Min Dong: 香港 (Hiŏng-gē̤ng)

  Min Nan: 香港 (zh-min-nan) (Hiong-káng, Hiang-káng)

  Wu: 香港 (xian kaan)

• Cornish: Hong Kong
• Czech: Hongkong (cs) m
• Danish: Hongkong
• Dhivehi: ހޮންކޮންގު‎‎ (honkongu)
• Dutch: Hongkong (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཧོང་ཀོང (hong kong)
• Esperanto: Honkongo
• Estonian: Hongkong
• Finnish: Hongkong (fi), Xianggang
• French: Hong Kong (fr) m, Hongkong (fr) m, Xianggang (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰონგკონგი (hongḳongi)
• German: Hongkong (de) n
• Greek: Χονγκ Κονγκ (el) (Chongk Kongk)
• Gujarati: હોંગકોંગ (hoṅgkoṅg)
• Hawaiian: Honokaona
• Hebrew: הונג קונג‎‎ m (hong kong), הונג־קונג‎‎ m (hong-kong)
• Hindi: हांग कांग (hāṅg kāṅg), हांगकांग (hāṅgkāṅg), हाँग काँग (hā̃g kā̃g)
• Hungarian: Hongkong (hu)
• Icelandic: Hong Kong
• Ido: Hong Kong
• Ilocano: Hong Kong
• Indonesian: Hong Kong
• Interlingua: Hong Kong
• Irish: Hong Cong
• Italian: Hong Kong f
• Japanese: 香港 (ホンコン, Honkon), ホンコン (Honkon), シャンガン (Shangan)
• Javanese: Hong Kong
• Kannada: ಹಾಂಗ್ ಕಾಂಗ್ (hāṅg kāṅg)
• Kapampangan: Hong Kong
• Kazakh: Шәңғаң (Şäñğañ)
• Khmer: ហុងកុង (km) (hongkong)
• Korean: 홍콩 (Hongkong), 향항 (Hyanghang) (香港)
• Kyrgyz: Гонконг (Gonkong), Сянган (Syangan)
• Lao: ຮ່ອງກົງ (hǭng kong), ຮົງກົງ (hong kong)
• Latin: Hongcongum, Siamkiamum
• Latvian: Honkonga f, Sjangana f

• Ligurian: Hong Kong
• Limburgish: Hong Kong
• Lithuanian: Honkongas (lt) m, Siangangas (lt) m
• Lombard: Hong Kong
• Low German: Hongkong
• Luxembourgish: Hong Kong (lb)
• Lü: ᦶᦌᧂᧈᦅᦱᧂ (saeng¹kaang)
• Macedonian: Хонгконг m (Hongkong)
• Malay: Hong Kong
• Malayalam: ഹോങ്കോങ് (hōṅkōṅŭ)
• Maori: Hongipua
• Marathi: हाँग काँग (hŏṅg kŏṅg)
• Mazanderani: هونگ کونگ‎‎
• Mongolian: Хонг Конг (Hong Kong), Сянган (Sjangan)
• Nahuatl: Hong Kong
• Norman: Hong Kong m
• Norwegian: Hongkong
• Occitan: Hong Kong
• Oriya: ହଂକଂ (haṅkaṁ)
• Ossetian: Гонконг (Gonkong)
• Pashto: هانګ کانګ‎‎ (hāng kāng), هاڼ کاڼ‎‎ (hāṅ kāṅ)
• Persian: هنگ کنگ‎‎ (hong kong), هنگ‌کنگ‎‎ (hong-kong)
• Polish: Hongkong (pl) m
• Portuguese: Hong Kong (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਹਾਂਗ ਕਾਂਗ (hāṅg kāṅg)
• Romanian: Hong Kong
• Russian: Гонко́нг (ru) m (Gonkóng), Сянга́н m (Sjangán)
• Samogitian: Huonkuongs
• Scottish Gaelic: Hong Cong
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хонг Конг m

  Roman: Hong Kong (sh) m

• Sicilian: Hong Kong
• Silesian: Hůngkůng
• Sinhalese: හොංකොං (hoṁkoṁ)
• Slovak: Hongkong m
• Slovene: Hong Kong m
• Spanish: Hong Kong (es) m
• Sundanese: Hong Kong
• Swahili: Hong Kong
• Swedish: Hongkong (sv)
• Tagalog: Hongkong
• Tajik: Гонконг (tg) (Gonkong), Сянган (Syangan)
• Tamil: ஹொங்கொங் (hoṅkoṅ)
• Tatar: Гонконг (Ğonkong), Һоңконг (Hoñkong)
• Telugu: హాంగ్కాంగ్ (hāṅgkāṅg)
• Thai: ฮ่องกง (th) (hɔ̂ng-gong)
• Tibetan: ཞང་ཀང (zhang kang), ཤང་ཀང (shang kang), ཤའང་ཀའང (sha'ng ka'ng)
• Turkish: Hong Kong (tr)
• Turkmen: Sýangan, Gonkong
• Ukrainian: Гонко́нг m (Honkónh), Сянга́н m (Sjanhán), Сянґа́н m (Sjangán)
• Urdu: ہانگ کانگ‎‎ (hāṅg kāṅg)
• Uyghur: شياڭگاڭ‎‎ (shyanggang), شاڭگاڭ‎‎ (shanggang)
• Uzbek: Syangan, Gonkong
• Venetian: Hong Kong
• Vietnamese: Hồng Kông, Hương Cảng (香港 (vi))
• Welsh: Hong Kong (cy)
• Wolof: Ooŋ Koŋ
• Yakut: Хоҥ Коҥ (Xoŋ Koŋ), Сяҥгаҥ (Syaŋgaŋ)
• Yiddish: האָנג קאָנג‎‎ n (hong kong), האָנגקאָנג‎‎ n (hongkong)
• Zazaki: Hong Kong
• Zhuang: Yanghgangj, ^{(please verify)} Homgongj

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Asturian

Proper noun

Hong Kong m

1. Hong Kong (coastal administrative region in south-east China)

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Finnish

Proper noun

Hong Kong

1. Alternative spelling of Hongkong

Declension

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Hong Kongitta	—
comitative		—	—

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ̃ɡ.kɔ̃ɡ/, /ɔŋ.kɔŋ/

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Proper noun

Hong Kong

1. Hong Kong

See also

• Hongkong

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Hongkong (dated)

Etymology

From Cantonese 香港 (“fragrant harbour”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌhõɡ.ˈkõɡ/, /ˌhõ.ɡi.ˈkõ.ɡi/

Proper noun

Hong Kong f

1. Hong Kong (a city and special administrative region of China)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Hongkong

Proper noun

Hong Kong m (Cyrillic spelling Хонг Конг)

1. Hong Kong

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Spanish

Proper noun

Hong Kong m

1. Hong Kong (coastal administrative region in south-east China)

Related terms

• hongkonés