Etymograph

English

Hong Kong Island

From Hong Kong + island.

A compound of Hong Kong + island

Cantonese 香港 ‘incense harbor’

English Hong Kong

Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą

Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland

Old English īeġland

Middle English iland

English island

Today it means

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.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hong Kong Island