Hong Kong

• HK (initialism)
• Hong-Kong, Hong-kong, Honkong (obsolete)
• Hongkong (dated)

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhɔŋˈkɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌhɑŋˈkɑŋ/
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): [hɔŋ˥ kʰɔŋ˥]
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ
• enPR: hǒngʹ kǒngʹ

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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.

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Hsiang Kang, Xianggang (rare)

Province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China in English (layout · text)

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Autonomous regions: Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang

Municipalities: Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing

Special administrative regions: Hong Kong · Macau

Hong Kong

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

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 — —

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

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Hong Kong f

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

• Hongkong

• Hongkong (dated)
• Honguecongue

From Cantonese 香港 (hoeng¹ gong², “fragrant harbour”).

Hong Kong f

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

Hong Kong n

1. Hong Kong

• Hongkong

• IPA^(key): /xônɡ kônɡ/

Hȍng Kȍng m (Cyrillic spelling Хо̏нг Ко̏нг)

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

• IPA^(key): /xonˈkon/ [xõŋˈkõn]

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• Rhymes: -on

Hong Kong ?

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

• “Hong Kong” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

• Hongkong

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌho�� ˈkoŋ/ [ˌhoŋ ˈkoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜅ᜔)

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