How Hong Kong Got Its Name香港何以得名

The name Hong Kong is actually a phonetic translation of the city’s Cantonese name 香港 （heung gong）， which literally means “Fragrant Harbour”. Over the years， Hong Kong has been given a number of nicknames. It has tried to rebrand itself as Asia’s World City. It has also been called the vertical1 city， for its density of skyscrapers， but the name that stuck and has persisted for centuries is “Fragrant Harbour”.

香港这一名称，实际上是这座大都市粤语名称发音heung gong（香港）的音译，字面义为“芬芳的港口”。（剩余6527字）