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The preceding name for Hong Kong was originally 香港 (pronounced in Cantonese as: herng gong) which can be translated in English as "Fragrance Harbor".
The words "Hong Kong" did not appear until the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, which ended the First Opium War between China and Britain and ceded Hong Kong under the control of the British Empire. The British christened the territory as "Hong Kong" in the treaty. The name has remained as the English translation to date.
The old name was Herng Gong which can be translated as Fragrant Harbour. The name actually refers to Aberdeen Harbour on the south side of Hong Kong Island. Literally translated Herng means 'pleasant aroma or fragrant' and Gong means harbour.
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∙ 12y agoit was always called Hong Kong
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