Hong Kong
Meaning
- 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.
- An island in southeastern China, Hong Kong Island, the site of the city of the same name, lying off Guangdong (Canton) 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.
- A colony of the United Kingdom, which previously administered the area of the present-day Chinese special administrative region.
Concepts
Hong Kong
Chinese
Yale
Yue
cantonese
Hong Kong SAR China
𐐐𐐬𐑍 𐐗𐐬𐑍 𐐝𐐈𐐡 𐐕𐐴𐑌𐐲
𐐐𐐬𐑍 𐐗𐐬𐑍
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/
Etymology
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.
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