Hong

See also: hong, hōng, hóng, hőng, hǒng, hòng, hồng, and Høng

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Hong

1. A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 洪 (Hóng).

Proper noun

Hong (plural Hongs)

1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hong is the 1106^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 31670 individuals. Hong is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (88.12%) individuals.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German huon, from Old High German huon, from Proto-West Germanic *hōn, from Proto-Germanic *hōną.

The expected Luxembourgish singular form is Hunn and hence accidentally the same as the word for “cock, rooster” (< Old High German hano). Hong is the regular dative singular (through velarization in an originally open syllable), which was generalized by analogy with the plural Hénger and the related word Hénkel (“chick”). Cognate with German Huhn, Dutch hoen, Low German Hohn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoŋ/
• Rhymes: -oŋ

Noun

Hong n (plural Hénger)

1. chicken, hen

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 洪 (Hóng). Doublet of Ang and Hung.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhoŋ/ [ˈhoŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: Hong

Proper noun

Hong (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜅ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Mandarin