hong
8 points
English
4 letters
Very common
Commonness #2,878
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Definitions
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.
To hang. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Pronunciation
/hˈɔːŋ/ · 1 syllable · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
Rhymes
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