Hongkong
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a variation of
Hong Kong.
Hong Kongnouna special administrative region of China, formerly a British colony, comprising Hong Kong Island (29 sq. mi.; 75 sq. km), the southern part of Kowloon peninsula, nearby islands, and the New Territories in adjacent mainland southeast China: reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. 427 sq. mi. (1,106 sq. km).
Example Sentences
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Property companies Hongkong Land, City Developments and UOL Group rose 4.2%, 4.1% and 3.65%, respectively.Index heavyweights DBS Group and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. were little moved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Last week, Hongkong Post said it was suspending packages sent to the US by sea and, from 27 April, would stop accepting parcels destined for America.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
When Zaron filed its last annual return, in April 2016, the office belonged to Hongkong Keyray Accountants.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2019
It dwarfed it surroundings and upstaged its neighbour and rival: the expensive, British-owned Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation headquarters, designed by Norman Foster.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2019
Hongkong is neither a “settlement” nor a “concession.”
From Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse by Samuel Merwin