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HONG
Etymology
Noun
hong (plural hongs)
a foreign trading company in China
Anagrams
• Gohn
Source: Wiktionary
Hong, n. Etym: [Chinese hang, Canton dialect hong, a mercantile house, factory.]
Definition: A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage. Hong merchant, one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners.
Hong, v. t. & i.
Definition: To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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