Hong Kong
A city and special administrative region in southern China, located on an island east…A city and special administrative region in southern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; a former British colony.
Meaning
4 sensesA city and special administrative region in southern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; a former British colony.
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.
Hongkong
Гонко́нгGonkóng, Сянга́нSjangán
Гонко́нгHonkónh, Сянга́нSjanhán, Сянґа́нSjangán
(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.
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Origin
An irregular romanization of Cantonese 香港 (hoeng¹ gong², “incense harbor”), the former namAn 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.
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