Hong Kong UK /ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/US /ˌhɔŋˈkɔŋ/ noun4 •A city and special administrative region in southern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; a former British colony.In 1962 a special law had to be passed to permit the immigration of several thousand Chinese refugees who had escaped from Communist China to Hong Kong. — 1964 •An island in southeastern China, Hong Kong Island, the site of the city of the same name, lying off Guangdong (Canton) province.Sampans and punts crowded the tight harbors of places like Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island, and these fisherfolk cooked up the day’s catch for their customers on the most minimal of stoves. — 2016 •A special administrative region of China, which includes the city and island of the same name as well as nearby islands and the Kowloon Peninsula. •(historical) A former British colony in 1843–1941 and 1945–1981 and then British Dependent Territory in 1981–1997 in modern southern China in the area of modern Hong Kong.
