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cohongs

cohongs is the plural of cohong.

Meaning of cohong

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).

Questions about cohongs

What is cohongs the plural of?
Cohongs is the plural of cohong.

Words near cohongs in the dictionary

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

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