Hong Kong

Meaning

1. A city and special administrative region in southeastern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; a former British colony.
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. (historical) A former British colony in 1843–1941 and 1945–1981 and then British Dependent Territory in 1981–1997 in modern southern China in the area of modern Hong Kong.

Synonyms

Chinese

🇨🇳/🇲🇴

Yale

Yue

cantonese

Hong Kong SAR China

𐐐𐐬𐑍 𐐗𐐬𐑍 𐐝𐐈𐐡 𐐕𐐴𐑌𐐲

𐐐𐐬𐑍 𐐗𐐬𐑍

Translations

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

🇭🇰

Hong Kong

🇭🇰

Hong Kong

🇭🇰

Hongkong

🇭🇰

Hong Kong

Hongkong

هونغ كونغ

🇭🇰

Hong Kong

Χονγκ Κονγκ

Hongcongum

Hongkong

🇭🇰

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Cantonese 香港 (hoeng¹ gong²)bor.
English Hong Kong
An irregular romanization of Cantonese 香港 (hoeng¹ gong², “incense harbor”), the former name of a settlement in what is now Aberdeen on the southwest side of Hong Kong Island, where joss stick incense was stored for export, made from agarwood.

Sentences

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