Hongkong
See also: Hong-kong, Hong Kong, Hong-Kong, and Hồng Kông
English
Alternative forms
- Hong Kong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Audio (Canada) (file)
Proper noun
Hongkong
- Dated form of Hong Kong.
- 1879 [February 26, 1877], Brassey, Anna, “The Inland Sea”, in A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam': Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months, Sixth edition, Toronto: Rose-Belford Publishing, OCLC 70454630, page 370:
- At 4 a.m. we found ourselves close under the light on the eastern end of the island of Hongkong. We were surrounded by islands, and the morning was dark and thick; so we waited till 5.30, and then steamed on through the Kowloon passage up to the city of Victoria, as it is really named, though it is generally called Hongkong.
- 1890 February 28, Wetmore, W. S., “RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN CHINA IN THE FIFTIES.”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XLIV, number 1178, Shanghai, OCLC 311405954, page 256, column 1; republished as Recollections of Life in the Far East, 1894, OCLC 27962631, page 32:
- In the spring of 1857, I, with several friends, left Hongkong for Shanghai, viâ Foochow, in the small coasting steamer Antelope.
- 1895, E. J. Eitel, Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882, London: Luzac & Company, page 127-128:
- Hongkong, and the opposite portion of the mainland of China, known as the Peninsula of Kowloon, together with the few tiny islets situated close inshore (Kellett Island, Stonecutter's Island, Green Island, Tree Island, Aberdeen Middle Island, and Round Island), all of which are at the present day comprised, within the boundaries of the Colony, formed, since time immemorial, a portion of the Kwangtung (Canton) Province. The Island of Hongkong (covering an area of about 29 square miles) is situated, 76 miles of Canton, near the mouth of the Pearl River, the eastern banks of which are lined by the Tungkoon District (24 miles S.E. of Canton city) and the Sanon District (52 miles S.E. of Canton city), of which the Kowloon Peninsula and Kowloon City Promontory from[sic – meaning form] the south-eastern extremities, whilst Hongkong is separated from Kowloon Peninsula by a channel of one nautical mile in width.
- 1909 August 21, “THE TRUTH ABOUT PRATAS ISLAND”, in The Japan Weekly Mail, volume LII, number 8, Yokohama, page 241:
- Thus they went further afield in their depredations, and only last Summer, it will be remembered, a party of Japanese bird-hunters was rescued by a Brazilian training-ship as far south as Wake’s Island, just as their provisions and water had petered out, and were brought on to Hongkong.
- 1940, Irving S. Friedman, British Relations With China: 1931-1939, Institute of Pacific Relations, OCLC 906182871, page 81:
- Reports were common of a Sino-British agreement for British co-operation in the economic development of South China, including British financing of a railway in Hainan, the establishment of an airdrome on Tungsha Island southeast of Hongkong, an oil depot in the Sesha Islands southwest of Hainan, and the development of mines in South China.
- 1979 April 29, “'Fifth modernization'”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 16, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 3:
- Human rights advocate Wei Ching-sheng was arrested in Peiping's recent crackdown on dissidents according to a report from Hongkong.
- 1993 [October 1, 1992], Hau, Pei-tsun, “Stability, Democracy, the Rule of Law, Development, and Reunification”, in Straight Talk, Taipei: Government Information Office, →ISBN, OCLC 1089286362, page 17:
- The ROCs set policy stipulates that ROC agencies will not be withdrawn from Hong Kong after 1997 and will continue helping our compatriots in Hongkong to maintain a free and democratic lifestyle.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hongkong.
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Further reading
- Hongkong at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “Hongkong” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦoŋkoŋk]
Proper noun
Hongkong m
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Derived terms
- hongkongský
Further reading
- Hongkong in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Hongkong in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Proper noun
Hongkong
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Finnish
Alternative forms
- Hong Kong
Etymology
From Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoŋkoŋː/, [ˈho̞ŋko̞ŋː]
- Rhymes: -oŋkoŋː
- Syllabification(key): Hong‧kong
Proper noun
Hongkong
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Declension
- Hongkongissa (“in Hongkong”)
| Inflection of Hongkong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hongkong | — | |
| genitive | Hongkongin | — | |
| partitive | Hongkongia | — | |
| illative | Hongkongiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Hongkong | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Hongkong | — |
| gen. | Hongkongin | ||
| genitive | Hongkongin | — | |
| partitive | Hongkongia | — | |
| inessive | Hongkongissa | — | |
| elative | Hongkongista | — | |
| illative | Hongkongiin | — | |
| adessive | Hongkongilla | — | |
| ablative | Hongkongilta | — | |
| allative | Hongkongille | — | |
| essive | Hongkongina | — | |
| translative | Hongkongiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Hongkongitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Hongkong (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Hongkongini | Hongkongimme |
| 2nd person | Hongkongisi | Hongkonginne |
| 3rd person | Hongkonginsa | |
Synonyms
- Xianggang (rare)
Derived terms
- hongkongilainen
French
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h)IPA(key): /ɔŋ.kɔŋ/, /ɔ̃ɡ.kɔ̃ɡ/
Proper noun
Hongkong ?
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɔŋkɔŋ]
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Hongkong n (proper noun, genitive Hongkongs or (optionally with an article) Hongkong)
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhoŋkoŋɡ]
- Hyphenation: Hong‧kong
- Rhymes: -oŋɡ
Proper noun
Hongkong
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Hongkong | — |
| accusative | Hongkongot | — |
| dative | Hongkongnak | — |
| instrumental | Hongkonggal | — |
| causal-final | Hongkongért | — |
| translative | Hongkonggá | — |
| terminative | Hongkongig | — |
| essive-formal | Hongkongként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Hongkongban | — |
| superessive | Hongkongon | — |
| adessive | Hongkongnál | — |
| illative | Hongkongba | — |
| sublative | Hongkongra | — |
| allative | Hongkonghoz | — |
| elative | Hongkongból | — |
| delative | Hongkongról | — |
| ablative | Hongkongtól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | Hongkongé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | Hongkongéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Hongkong | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Hongkongom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Hongkongod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Hongkongja | — |
| 1st person plural | Hongkongunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Hongkongotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Hongkongjuk | — |
Derived terms
- hongkongi
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Hong Kong, from Cantonese 香港 (hoeng1 gong2).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɔŋk.kɔŋk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔŋkkɔŋk
- Syllabification: Hong‧kong
Proper noun
Hongkong m inan
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Declension
Declension of Hongkong
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hongkong |
| genitive | Hongkongu |
| dative | Hongkongowi |
| accusative | Hongkong |
| instrumental | Hongkongiem |
| locative | Hongkongu |
| vocative | Hongkongu |
Derived terms
adjective
- hongkoński
nouns
- Hongkonka
- Hongkończyk
Further reading
- Hongkong in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Hongkong in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Hongkong f
- Dated spelling of Hong Kong., a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- Hong Kong
Proper noun
Hongkong m (Cyrillic spelling Хонгконг)
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Swedish
Proper noun
Hongkong n (genitive Hongkongs)
- Hong Kong (a city, an island and special administrative region in southeastern China)
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoŋˈkoŋ/, [hoŋˈkoŋ]
Proper noun
Hongkóng
- Alternative spelling of Hong Kong