Hong Kong

Betekenis

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/

Etymologie

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.

Zinnen

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

Hij was de eerste bisschop van Hong Kong die het vasteland van China bezocht.