hong
/hɔŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.53 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.
Example Sentences
- "Lyke an huge cave hewne out of rocky clifte, From whose rough vaut the ragged breaches hong"
- ""You and your son are about to visit China," said a Chinese agent of an old and established hong in Canton. […] The speaker was Ah Hue, or Ah Hue-Ling. He had made a reputation for honorable dealing as an agent of the tea trade."
- "In this partly manufactured state they are sold to collectors, who re-sell them to tea hongs, or factories, and these hongs in turn resell to middlemen, who supply the foreign exporter."
- "Even though China's red flag now flutters above them, some 40% of the offices are still owned by Hongkong Land, an immensely wealthy company that is part of the Jardine Matheson group, the biggest of the British-owned “hongs” and the one that did most to establish the British territory."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 行, 湯
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hɔŋ/
- British English: /hɒŋ/