Hong-kong

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See also: Hong Kong, Hong-Kong, Hongkong, and Hồng Kông

English

Proper noun

Obsolete form of Hong Kong.
- 1841, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Philadelphia: E. Littell & Co., page 362:
  The harbour of Hong-kong is famed among foreign residents in China for its extreme healthiness; and many a sojourner at Macao, after trying what medicine and exercise could do for him there, has at length repaired to Hong-kong, and found what he had so long sought in vain.
- 1843, “Chapter XI.”, in The Annual Register, or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1842, London, page 264:
  We stated in our preceding volume, that in the month of August last year, Sir H. Pottinger and Sir W. Parker had sailed for Hong-kong, which was the place of rendezvous for the ships destined for the expedition to the northward.
- 1844, The Indian Mail, a Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, page 296:
  Art. XV. provides for debts, incurred by Chinese dealers or merchants at Hong-kong, being recovered through the English courts of justice. Should the debtor fly from Hong-kong to the Chinese territory, and be known or found to have property, real or personal, the fourth clause of the general regulations will be applicable to the case, on application being made by the consul.

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