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- Cantonese香港 (hoeng¹ gong²)
- EnglishHong Kong
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
- Proto-Germanic*fanē
- Proto-West Germanic*fanā
- Old Dutchfan
- Middle Dutchvan
- Dutchvan
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
- Proto-Germanic*kōz
- Proto-West Germanic*kō
- Old Dutchcuo
- Middle Dutchcoe
- Dutchkoe
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*pértus
- Proto-Germanic*furduz
- Proto-West Germanic*furdu
- Old Dutch*furt
- Middle Dutchvort
- Dutchvoorde
- DutchCoevorden
- Dutchvan Coevorden
- EnglishVancouver
- English todayHongcouver
Blend of Hong Kong + Vancouver, referring to the large-scale Chinese Canadian immigration to that city in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly from Hong Kong.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.