Hong Kong

== English == === Alternative forms === HK (initialism) Hong-Kong, Hong-kong, Honkong (obsolete) Hongkong (dated) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhɔŋˈkɔŋ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌhɑŋˈkɑŋ/ (Hong Kong) IPA(key): [hɔŋ˥ kʰɔŋ˥] Rhymes: -ɒŋ enPR: hǒngʹ kǒngʹ === Proper noun === Hong Kong 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. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hong Kong. 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. (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 ==== (from Mandarin Chinese) Hsiang Kang, Hsiang-kang, Xianggang, Hsiang-chiang, Xiangjiang (rare) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === == Finnish == === Proper noun === Hong Kong alternative spelling of Hongkong: Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China) ==== Declension ==== == French == === Pronunciation === (aspirated h)IPA(key): /ɔ̃ɡ.kɔ̃ɡ/, /ɔŋ.kɔŋ/ === Proper noun === Hong Kong f Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China) ==== See also ==== Hongkong == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Hongkong (dated) Honguecongue === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2, “incense harbour”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Hong Kong f Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China) ==== Derived terms ==== == Romanian == === Proper noun === Hong Kong n Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China) == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2). === Proper noun === Hong Kong m (genitive Hong Kong) Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China) Synonym: Hong Cong == Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === Hongkong === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xônɡ kônɡ/ === Proper noun === Hȍng Kȍng m inan (Cyrillic spelling Хо̏нг Ко̏нг) Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China) == Spanish == === Alternative forms === Hong-Kong, Hong-kong === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xonˈkon/ [xõŋˈkõn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: Hong Kong === Proper noun === Hong Kong ? Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Hong Kong”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === Hongkong === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Hong Kong, from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2, “Incense Harbor”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌhoŋ ˈkoŋ/ [ˌhoŋ ˈkoŋ] Rhymes: -oŋ Syllabification: Hong Kong === Proper noun === Hong Kong (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜅ᜔) Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China)