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Hong_Kong

Hong Kong

See also: Hongkong, Hong-Kong, and Hồng Kông

English

Proper noun

Hong Kong

  1. A city located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea, formerly owned by the United Kingdom and now administrated by the People's Republic of China.
  2. Hong Kong Island, the site of the city, lying off Guangdong province in southeastern China.
  3. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, which includes nearby islands and the Kowloon Peninsula.
  4. (historical) The British colony which previously administered the area of the present-day Chinese SAR.

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Asturian

Proper noun

Hong Kong m

  1. Hong Kong (coastal administrative region in south-east China)

Finnish

Proper noun

Hong Kong

  1. Alternative spelling of Hongkong

Declension

Inflection of Hong Kong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Hong Kong
genitive Hong Kongin
partitive Hong Kongia
illative Hong Kongiin
singular plural
nominative Hong Kong
accusative nom. Hong Kong
gen. Hong Kongin
genitive Hong Kongin
partitive Hong Kongia
inessive Hong Kongissa
elative Hong Kongista
illative Hong Kongiin
adessive Hong Kongilla
ablative Hong Kongilta
allative Hong Kongille
essive Hong Kongina
translative Hong Kongiksi
instructive
abessive Hong Kongitta
comitative

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hong Kong

  1. Hong Kong

See also


Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Cantonese 香港 (fragrant harbour).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌhõɡ.ˈkõɡ/, /ˌhõ.ɡi.ˈkõ.ɡi/

Proper noun

Hong Kong f

  1. Hong Kong (a city and special administrative region of China)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Hong Kong m (Cyrillic spelling Хонг Конг)

  1. Hong Kong

Spanish

Proper noun

Hong Kong m

  1. Hong Kong (coastal administrative region in south-east China)

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