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hong

[hong]

noun

  1. (in China) a group of rooms or buildings forming a warehouse, factory, etc.

  2. one of the factories under foreign ownership formerly maintained at Canton.



hong

/ ɒŋ /

noun

  1. (in China) a factory, warehouse, etc

  2. (formerly, in Canton) a foreign commercial establishment

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hong1

1720–30; < dialectal Chinese (Guangdong) òԲ, equivalent to Chinese áԲ row of shops
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hong1

C18: from Chinese (Cantonese dialect)
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D’Souza is the founder of Sargon, a technology infrastructure company in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

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Labubu dolls are quirky monster characters created a decade ago by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung, which have increased in popularity in recent years after a number of celebrity endorsements.

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They have only won once in their last 48 matches - a 1-0 success over Hong Kong in a friendly last October - and have a squad mainly made up of home-based part-time players who perform in the lower reaches of the Swiss leagues.

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A similar situation happened to Carol Mayorga, an undocumented immigrant from Hong Kong whose legal name is Ming Li Hui.

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This week, Mayorga was finally released from jail after ICE determined she was eligible for the Deferred Enforced Departure program, which applies to certain residents of Hong Kong.

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