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cohong

cohong noun: a guild of Chinese merchants or hongs who operated the import-export monopoly in Canton (present-day Guangzhou) during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).

Noun

cohong (plural cohongs)

  1. (historical) A guild of Chinese merchants or hongs who operated the import-export monopoly in Canton (present-day Guangzhou) during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).

Forms of cohong

pluralcohongs
alternative formgonghang

Questions about cohong

What does cohong mean?
Cohong means a guild of Chinese merchants or hongs who operated the import-export monopoly in Canton (present-day Guangzhou) during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).
What part of speech is cohong?
Cohong is a noun.
What is the plural of cohong?
The plural of cohong is cohongs.

Words near cohong in the dictionary

  1. cohomologies
  2. cohomologous
  3. cohomology
  4. cohomotopies
  5. cohomotopy
  6. cohong
  7. cohongs
  8. Cohonina
  9. Cohoninas
  10. Cohoon
  11. Cohoons

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