Type Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island
Usage English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Turkish, Persian, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog
Scripts هنگ کنگ(Persian) हॉन्ग कॉन्ग(Hindi)
Pronounced Pron. hawng-KAWNG(American English, British English) AWNG-KAWNG(French) AWNG-KAWNG(French) khon-KON(Spanish) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
From Cantonese 香港 (Hoenggong), a compound of 香 (hoeng) meaning "fragrant" and 香 (gong) meaning "port, harbour". This is the name of a city, island and special administrative region of southeastern China.
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesHungh Kungh(Arabic) Xianggang(Chinese) Hoeng Gong(Chinese (Cantonese)) Hongkong(Czech) Hongkong(Danish) Hongkong(Dutch) Hongkong(Estonian) Hongkong(Finnish) Hongkong(German) Hongkong(Hungarian) Honkon(Japanese) Gonkong(Kazakh) Hongkong(Khmer) Hongkong, Hyanghang(Korean) Gonkong(Kyrgyz) Hongkong(Macedonian) Hongkong(Norwegian) Hongkong(Polish) Gonkong(Russian) Hongkong(Slovak) Hongkong(Slovene) Hongkong(Swedish) Gonkong(Turkmen) Honkonh(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingHongkong
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