hong kong island
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An island east of the Pearl River Delta in the South China Sea, the site of the City of Victoria in Hong Kong, and original concession for Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "Hong Kong was wrested from China by Britain in three phases, starting with the mid-19th century Opium Wars. Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula were signed over in perpetuity. The larger rural New Territories and outlying islands were added under a 99-year lease in 1898."
- "The surf scene in Hong Kong — a territory that includes more than 250 islands in the South China Sea — is concentrated at a few beaches that lack consistent year-round swell. But those beaches are relatively accessible to a city of about 7.5 million people. The best-known and easiest to access is Big Wave Bay on the east coast of Hong Kong Island, the main one in the territory."