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Hong Kong
/ˌhɔŋˈkɔŋ/
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What does Hong Kong mean?
proper noun
- A city and special administrative region in southern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; a former British colony.
- 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.
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proper noun
- (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.
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In the middle sixties she had beaten by a day and a half the steam mail-boat from Hong Kong to Singapore.
Japan and Hong Kong are the main suppliers of raw materials and capital goods.
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He saw gaol in Signapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Shanghai, Canton, and other places.
He remounted the bridge, and guided the steamer through the flotilla of junks, tankas, and fishing boats which crowd the harbour of Hong Kong.
This prediction was fulfilled, for shortly after their arrival in Hong Kong he underwent an operation for a liver trouble, and died under the knife.