Meanings
- Either Hong Kong or Singapore (suggesting that the two are indistinguishable).
After two days in Hongapore (the two places run together in my mind, like one vast airport duty-free shopping centre), we rolled up to Kowloon station, with our winter clothes on, our rucksacks and shoulder bags full of goodies unobtainable in Wuhan ...
1986, Charles Hadfield, Jill Hadfield, Watching the Dragon: Letters from China, 1983-1985, Impact Publishing, page 131 - A place sharing the best characteristics of both Hong Kong and Singapore.
"When he asked me where I thought we should shoot, I said 'Hongapore'— that being a play on words to indicate that both Hong Kong and Singapore offered a lot, with Hong Kong having the edge by about 51 to 49 in terms of workability."
1978, American Cinematographer, volume 59, page 6751 more example
The Jeju Provincial Office plans to push ahead with the so-called Hongapore Project (named after Hong Kong and Singapore) to develop the island as a free international city on a long-term basis, where no visa is required for entry, everything is duty-free, virtually no regulations exist and English is adopted as an official language.
2005, Kim Jae-hong, Yonhap News Agency, 20 May 2005
Origin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 香加坡
- 香加坡Translations
Chinese Mandarin 香加坡
- 香加坡 (Xiāngjiāpō)Translations
Korean 홍가포르
- 홍가포르 (Honggaporeu)Translations
Cite this entry
Hongapore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hongapore
“Hongapore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hongapore. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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