"Hong-Kong" meaning in English

See Hong-Kong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Hong-Kong
  1. Obsolete form of Hong Kong. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: Hong Kong
    Sense id: en-Hong-Kong-en-name-XBuaoFK2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries
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          "ref": "1841, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, volume XXXVII, London, page 259:",
          "text": "Hong-Kong, it may be briefly remarked, has been pronounced by all recent navigators, whose judgment is trustworthy, as capable of affording admirable shelter for ships of any burden.",
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          "ref": "1844, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, volume III, London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., page 424:",
          "text": "It appears from a Parliamentary paper lately published, that a sum of £80,000 is required to defray the charge of the British settlement at Hong-Kong, and of the consular establishments at the five ports in China open to British trade.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Secret Service: The Bradys Drugged, page 1:",
          "text": "Here we have a few thousand Chinamen, ninety per cent of whom are from Canton and Hong-Kong, and all of the lowest social grade, or sons of such who were.",
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