Chinese ( 雷 ): "thunder". Eastern Lombard: "July". Other names. Variant form (s) Chinese ( 雷, 呂 ): Loi, Louie, Looi. Italian: Giugni, Lugli. Lui is a surname in various cultures. It may be a variant spelling of two Chinese surnames ( 雷 Léi and 呂 Lǚ ), as well as an Italian surname. The surname Lui can also be found on various Among these examples, perhaps one of the most prominently featured in the sociolinguistic literature is the one in Hong Kong, where English has been employed alongside Cantonese owing to British 洪 • (hong) (hangeul 홍, revised hong, McCune–Reischauer hong, Yale hong) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {}. Vietnamese [edit] Han character [edit] 洪: Hán Nôm readings: hồng, hòng. This term needs a translation to English. Hong Kong. former British colony in China, from Cantonese pronunciation of Chinese Xianggang, literally "fragrant port." Perhaps so called from the scent of incense factories or opium cargoes, or from the semi-fresh waters of the bay. The Cantonese word hong, literally "row, series" was the general English term for foreign trading Meaning of Hong Kong. What does Hong Kong mean? English (English) Word of the Day Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox Hong Kong. A city in southeastern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; formerly owned by the United Kingdom . CHINA. A rebellion of more than ordinary importance is in progress in this country. At the departure of the last mail from Hong Kong numerous bands of robbers were plundering and burning History of China / of the United Kingdom. Hong Kong portal. v. t. e. The Treaty of Nanking was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. It was the first of what the Chinese later termed the Unequal Treaties . In the wake of China's military defeat, with 1. There's a small stream running through Hong Kong and surrounding area which provides sweet and clear drinking water to the residents. The stream was called "fragrance river" 香江, and Hong Kong received the name as the harbor city. 2. The most possible reason the harbor was named as such probably comes from the fact it has been a major Hollow Earth (MonsterVerse, Kong: King of the Apes) King Kong is a fictional giant monster, or kaiju, [13] resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. Dubbed the King of the Beasts from its inception, [14] over time it would also be bestowed the title of the Eighth Wonder of the World, [15] a widely recognized expression Hong Kong in administration consists of 18 districts in 3 different regions. The 3 regions are: Hong Kong Island (HK), Kowloon (KLN), and the New Territories (NT). [11] [12] The New Territories has the most districts (9), followed by Kowloon (5) and lastly Hong Kong Island (4). The population density per district varies from 1,021 (Islands) to J2b7L.