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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