# Hong Kong
## English
### Alternative forms

* HK (initialism)
* Hong-Kong, Hong-kong, Honkong (obsolete)
* Hongkong (dated)

### Etymology

From Cantonese 香港 (hoeng$^1$ gong$^2$, “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: /ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˌhɔŋˈkɔŋ/
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˌhɑŋˈkɑŋ/
* (Hong Kong) IPA: [hɔŋ˥ kʰɔŋ˥]
* Rhymes: -ɒŋ
* enPR: hǒngʹ kǒngʹ
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Proper noun

Hong Kong
* A city in southeastern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; formerly owned by the United Kingdom.
** 1850 December, “Foreign News”, in The Gentleman's Magazine‎, volume XXXIV, London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, page 645:CHINA. A rebellion of more than ordinary importance is in progress in this country. At the departure of the last mail from Hong Kong numerous bands of robbers were plundering and burning throughout the provinces of Kangsi and Canton, and, having captured the city of Kintschan, had advanced to within 120 English miles of Canton.
** 1964, John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants‎, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 78–79:In 1962 a special law had to be passed to permit the immigration of several thousand Chinese refugees who had escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong.
** 2005, Bill Clinton, My Life‎, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 437:The Chinese had promised to let Hong Kong keep its much more democratic political system, but I had the clear impression that the details of their reunion were still being worked out, and that neither side was fully satisfied with the present state of affairs.
** 2022 May 11, “Reports: Hong Kong arrests Roman Catholic cardinal, 3 others”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 12 May 2022:A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal, a singer and at least two others have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger China’s national security, in an action widely condemned as a further sign of Beijing’s erosion of rights in the city.
** 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.
** 2016, Carolyn Phillips, “The Coastal Southeast”, in All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China‎, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 189:Sampans and punts crowded the tight harbors of places like Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island, and these fisherfolk cooked up the day’s catch for their customers on the most minimal of stoves.
** 2019 April 17, Marcelle Sussman Fischler, “House Hunting in … Hong Kong”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-04-17, Real Estate‎:This two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom apartment is in the western section of Mid-Levels, an affluent residential area built into the northern slope of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong.
* 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 colony in 1843–1941 and 1945–1981 and then British Dependent Territory in 1981–1997 of the United Kingdom, which previously administered the area of the present-day Chinese special administrative region.

#### Synonyms

* (from Mandarin Chinese) Hsiang Kang, Xianggang (rare)

#### Derived terms

* Hongcouver
* Hongkonger, Hong Konger
* Hongkongese
* Hongkongness
* Hong Kong Sign Language
* Hong Kong Time

#### Translations
### See also

Province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China in English (layout · text) :
* Provinces: Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan (claimed) · Yunnan · Zhejiang
* Autonomous regions: Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang
* Municipalities: Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing
* Special administrative regions: Hong Kong · Macau

### References

* ↑ Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hong Kong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1304, column 1: “Hong Kong, Mandarin Xiang-gang [Mandarin=incense harbor] […]”

## Finnish
### Proper noun

Hong Kong
* Alternative spelling of Hongkong, a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Hong Kong (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hong Kongini
accusative
nom.
Hong Kongini
gen.
Hong Kongini
genitive
Hong Kongini
partitive
Hong Kongiani
inessive
Hong Kongissani
elative
Hong Kongistani
illative
Hong Kongiini
adessive
Hong Kongillani
ablative
Hong Kongiltani
allative
Hong Kongilleni
essive
Hong Konginani
translative
Hong Kongikseni
abessive
Hong Kongittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hong Kongisi
accusative
nom.
Hong Kongisi
gen.
Hong Kongisi
genitive
Hong Kongisi
partitive
Hong Kongiasi
inessive
Hong Kongissasi
elative
Hong Kongistasi
illative
Hong Kongiisi
adessive
Hong Kongillasi
ablative
Hong Kongiltasi
allative
Hong Kongillesi
essive
Hong Konginasi
translative
Hong Kongiksesi
abessive
Hong Kongittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hong Kongimme
accusative
nom.
Hong Kongimme
gen.
Hong Kongimme
genitive
Hong Kongimme
partitive
Hong Kongiamme
inessive
Hong Kongissamme
elative
Hong Kongistamme
illative
Hong Kongiimme
adessive
Hong Kongillamme
ablative
Hong Kongiltamme
allative
Hong Kongillemme
essive
Hong Konginamme
translative
Hong Kongiksemme
abessive
Hong Kongittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hong Konginne
accusative
nom.
Hong Konginne
gen.
Hong Konginne
genitive
Hong Konginne
partitive
Hong Kongianne
inessive
Hong Kongissanne
elative
Hong Kongistanne
illative
Hong Kongiinne
adessive
Hong Kongillanne
ablative
Hong Kongiltanne
allative
Hong Kongillenne
essive
Hong Konginanne
translative
Hong Kongiksenne
abessive
Hong Kongittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hong Konginsa
accusative
nom.
Hong Konginsa
gen.
Hong Konginsa
genitive
Hong Konginsa
partitive
Hong Kongiaan Hong Kongiansa
inessive
Hong Kongissaan Hong Kongissansa
elative
Hong Kongistaan Hong Kongistansa
illative
Hong Kongiinsa
adessive
Hong Kongillaan Hong Kongillansa
ablative
Hong Kongiltaan Hong Kongiltansa
allative
Hong Kongilleen Hong Kongillensa
essive
Hong Konginaan Hong Konginansa
translative
Hong Kongikseen Hong Kongiksensa
abessive
Hong Kongittaan Hong Kongittansa
instructive
comitative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ̃ɡ.kɔ̃ɡ/, /ɔŋ.kɔŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### 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

From Cantonese 香港 (hoeng$^1$ gong$^2$, “incense harbour”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌʁõˈkõ/ [ˌhõˈkõ], /ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi/ [ˌhõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌʁõˈkõ/ [ˌhõˈkõ], /ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi/ [ˌhõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˌʁõˈkõ/ [ˌχõˈkõ], /ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi/ [ˌχõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌʁõˈkõ/ [ˌhõˈkõ], /ˌʁõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡe/ [ˌhõ.ɡiˈkõ.ɡe]

### Proper noun

Hong Kong f
* Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)

## Romanian
### Proper noun

Hong Kong n
* Hong Kong

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* Hongkong

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xônɡ kônɡ/

### Proper noun

Hȍng Kȍng m (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: /xonˈkon/ [xõŋˈkõn]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -on

### Proper noun

Hong Kong ?
* Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)

#### Related terms

* hongkonés

### 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 (hoeng$^1$ gong$^2$, “Incense Harbor”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /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 southern China)