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Kong¹

proper noun

  1. A town in north eastern Côte d'Ivoire.

Kong²

proper noun

  1. The fictional gigantic gorilla from the story King Kong.

    Similar: King Kong

Kong³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) or Cantonese 江 (gong1).

proper noun Kongs

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Kong⁴

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯀꯣꯡ (kong).

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Kongbam surname of Meitei origin
  2. alternative Alternative form of Kongkham surname of Meitei origin

Kong⁵

proper noun

  1. A city in the Central District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan province, Iran.

kong⁶

  • /kɒŋ/ UK
  • /kɔŋ/ US
  • /kɑŋ/ cot caught merger

Sounds like kang (cot-caught merger) (some accents) · Rhymes with -ɒŋ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Cantonese 槓 /杠 (gong³ / gung³).

noun kongs

  1. A set of four identical tiles.

    Similar: kan, quad, four-of-a-kind

  2. A call declaring the formation of such a set.

    Similar: kan

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: congo, macau, guangdong, beijing, cong, kowloon, guangzhou, hong, mainland, macao, confucius, kung, mongo, hksar, king, cao

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noun set of four identical tiles

한국어깡쯔 kkangjjeu
日本語槓子 kantsu, 槓 kan
中文槓子 /杠子 gàngzi

noun a call declaring a set of four identical tiles

한국어깡 kkang
日本語カン kan, 槓 kan
中文槓 /杠 gàng

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@misc{kong_2026,
  title = {kong},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kong},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}