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hong¹

verb

  1. obsolete, past past of hang Lyke an huge cave hewne out of rocky clifte, From whose rough vaut the ragged breaches hong

hong²

  • /hɒŋ/ UK
  • /hɔŋ/ US
  • /hɑŋ/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɒŋ

Where it comes from

From Cantonese 行 (hong, “trade, business”).

noun hongs

  1. A foreign trading company in China. "You and your son are about to visit China," said a Chinese agent of an old and established hong in Canton. […] The speaker was Ah Hue, or Ah Hue-Ling. He had made a reputation for honorable dealing as an agent of the tea trade.

Hong³

proper noun

  1. A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Hong⁴

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 洪 (Hóng) or Taishanese 湯 /汤 (hong¹).

proper noun Hongs

  1. A surname from Mandarin.

    Similar: Hung, Fung

  2. A surname from Taishanese.

    Similar: Tang, Tong, Tan

Hong⁵

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Korean 홍(洪) (Hong).

proper noun Hongs

  1. A surname from Korean.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cong, china, taiwan, mainland, macau, ras, guangdong, guangzhou, kong, tsu, hsiang, manila, macao, hksar, sar, ang

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"hong." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hong. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

hong. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hong

Chicago

"hong." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hong.

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@misc{hong_2026,
  title = {hong},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hong},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}