Hongkong

Hong-kong Hong Kong Hong-Kong Hồng Kông English Proper noun en Hong Kong Q19483 (island). en 1879 February 26, 1877 w:Anna Brassey The Inland Sea A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam': Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months https://archive.org/details/voyageinsunbeamo00bras_0/ 6th Toronto Rose-Belford Publishing 70454630 370 https://archive.org/details/voyageinsunbeamo00bras_0/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. en February 28, 1890 W. S. Wetmore RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN CHINA IN THE FIFTIES. North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1890.02.28/ Shanghai XLIV 1178 311405954 256 https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1890.02.28/page/256/ 1 1894 Recollections of Life in the Far East https://archive.org/details/recollectionsli00wetmgoog/ 27962631 32 https://archive.org/details/recollectionsli00wetmgoog/page/n41/ In the spring of 1857, I, with several friends, left Hongkong for Shanghai, viâ Foochow, in the small coasting steamer Antelope. en https://archive.org/details/europeinchina0000unse/mode/2up 1895 Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882 E. J. Eitel Luzac & Company London 127–128 https://archive.org/details/europeinchina0000unse/page/126/mode/ 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 fromform the south-eastern extremities, whilst Hongkong is separated from Kowloon Peninsula by a channel of one nautical mile in width. en August 21, 1909 THE TRUTH ABOUT PRATAS ISLAND The Japan Weekly Mail https://archive.org/details/jwm-bound-1909.7-12/ LII 8 Yokohama 241 https://archive.org/details/jwm-bound-1909.7-12/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. en https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.190058/ 1940 British Relations With China: 1931-1939 Irving S. Friedman w:Institute of Pacific Relations 906182871 81 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.190058/page/n95/ 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. en https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1979-04-29_20_16/ April 29, 1979 'Fifth modernization' Free China Weekly XX 16 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 3 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1979-04-29_20_16/page/n2/ Human rights advocate Wei Jingsheng Wei Ching-sheng was arrested in Peiping's recent crackdown on dissidents according to a report from Hongkong. en 1993 October 1, 1992 w:Hau Pei-tsun Stability, Democracy, the Rule of Law, Development, and Reunification Straight Talk https://archive.org/details/straighttalk0000haob/ Taipei w:Government Information Office 957-00-1580-2 1089286362 17 https://archive.org/details/straighttalk0000haob/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. en Derived terms en Hongkonger Hongkongian Hongkongness Further reading Czech Pronunciation Proper noun m-in hongkongský cs Hong Kong Q8646 Declension cs proper noun Further reading Danish da: Proper noun da proper noun da Hong Kong Q8646 Finnish fi: Alternative forms fi Hong Kong Etymology fi yue - 香港 hoeng1 gong2. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Hong Kong Q8646 Declension internal sg Hongkong a 0 Synonyms fi Xianggang rare Derived terms fi hongkongilainen French Pronunciation Hoŋ-Koŋ Hongue-Kongue Proper noun fr Hong Kong Q8646 German de: Pronunciation de [ˈhɔŋkɔŋ] de De-Hongkong.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Hong Kong Q8646 Hungarian hu: Pronunciation hu Hong kong hu oŋɡ 2 Proper noun hu proper noun hu Hong Kong Q8646 Declension Hongkongo o sgHongkong j jai sg Derived terms hu hongkongi Polish pl: Etymology pl en Hong Kong, from pl yue - 香港 hoeng1 gong2. Pronunciation [g.k] LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Hongkong.wav Proper noun m-in pl Hong Kong Q8646 Declension s Derived terms pl adjective hongkoński pl nouns Hongkończyk Hongkonka Further reading pl exonyms Portuguese Proper noun f pt Hong Kong: pt Hong Kong Q8646 Serbo-Croatian sh: Alternative forms sh Hong Kong Latn Proper noun m-in sh Hong Kong Q8646 Swedish sv: Proper noun n sv Hong Kong Q8646 Tagalog Pronunciation hongkóng Proper noun Hongkóng + tl Hong Kong