Hong Kong Island

English Alternative forms en Hong Kong Etymology From en Hong Kong island. Proper noun Hong Kong Island en Q19483 en An <<island>> east of the Pearl River Delta in the South China Sea, the site of the City of Victoria in Hong Kong, and original concession for <<colony/Hong Kong>>. en June 27, 2022 James Pomfret Explainer: Hong Kong's rocky political road since the 1997 handover Greg Torode; Gerry Doyle w:Reuters https://web.archive.org/web/20220627091253/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kongs-rocky-political-road-since-1997-handover-2022-06-27/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hong-kongs-rocky-political-road-since-1997-handover-2022-06-27/ June 27, 2022 China Hong Kong was wrested from China by Britain in three phases, starting with the mid-19th century Opium Wars. Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula were signed over in perpetuity. The larger rural New Territories and outlying islands were added under a 99-year lease in 1898. en April 3, 2025 Erin Mendell Surfers Take What They Can Get in Hong Kong’s Unexciting Waters w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20250403061156/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/world/asia/hong-kong-surfers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/world/asia/hong-kong-surfers.html April 03, 2025 0362-4331 1645522 The surf scene in Hong Kong — a territory that includes more than 250 islands in the South China Sea — is concentrated at a few beaches that lack consistent year-round swell. But those beaches are relatively accessible to a city of about 7.5 million people.The best-known and easiest to access is Big Wave Bay on the east coast of Hong Kong Island, the main one in the territory. en region sar/Hong Kong. Synonyms dated en Victoria Island Translations island east of the Pearl River Chinese: Cantonese: yue 香港島 hoeng1 gong2 dou2, yue 港島 gong2 dou2 Mandarin: cmn 香港島 Xiānggǎngdǎo, cmn 港島 Gǎngdǎo Finnish: fi Hongkongin saari Polish: pl Hongkong m Russian: ru Гонко́нг m Thai: th เกาะฮ่องกง region of Hong Kong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 香港島 hoeng1 gong2 dou2, yue 港島 gong2 dou2 Mandarin: cmn 香港島 Xiānggǎngdǎo, cmn 港島 Gǎngdǎo Polish: pl Hongkong m en Islands