Hong Kong

Senso (Inglese)

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.
2. An island in southeastern China, Hong Kong Island, the site of the city of the same name, lying off Guangdong (Canton) province.
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. A colony of the United Kingdom, which previously administered the area of the present-day Chinese special administrative region.

Sinonimi

Chinese

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Yale

Yue

cantonese

Hong Kong SAR China

𐐐𐐬𐑍 𐐗𐐬𐑍 𐐝𐐈𐐡 𐐕𐐴𐑌𐐲

𐐐𐐬𐑍 𐐗𐐬𐑍

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Etymology tree
Cantonese 香港 (hoeng¹ gong²)bor.
English Hong Kong
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.

Frasi

He was the first bishop of Hong Kong to visit the mainland China .

Fu il primo vescovo di Hong Kong a visitare la Cina continentale.