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kong

/kɒŋ/US/kɔŋ/

kong noun: a set of four identical tiles.

Noun

kong (plural kongs)

  1. A set of four identical tiles.
    Synonyms:
    kan, quad, four-of-a-kind
  2. A call declaring the formation of such a set.
    Synonyms:
    kan

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Kong

Kong

  1. A town in north eastern Côte d'Ivoire.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Kong

Kong

  1. The fictional gigantic gorilla from the story King Kong.
    Synonyms:
    King Kong

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Kong

Kong

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Kong

Kong

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Kongbam surname of Meitei origin
  2. (alternative) Alternative form of Kongkham surname of Meitei origin

Proper noun (5) capitalized: Kong

Kong

  1. A city in the Central District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan province, Iran.

kong meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

kong in Hindi

कोंग, काँग

kong in Tamil

கொங்

kong in Marathi

कोंग, काँग

kong in Urdu

کونگ
More languagesFewer languages
kong in Bengali
কং
kong in Malayalam
കോങ്, കോംഗ്, കൊങ്
kong in Kannada
ಕೊಂಗ್
kong in Punjabi
ਕੋਂਗ, ਕੌਂਗ
kong in Gujarati
કોંગ
kong in Odia
କୋଙ୍ଗ, କୋଙ୍ଗ୍, କଙ୍ଗ୍
kong in Nepali
कोङ, कोङ्ग, कोङ्

Synonyms of kong

Forms of kong

pluralkongs

Origin of kong

Borrowed from Cantonese 槓 /杠 (gong³ / gung³).

Borrowed from Mandarin 孔 (kǒng) or Cantonese 江 (gong1).

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯀꯣꯡ (kong).

Phrases with kong

14 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with kong

26 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about kong

What does kong mean?
Kong means a set of four identical tiles.
What is kong in Hindi?
Kong in Hindi is कोंग, काँग. See Kong meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kong?
Kong can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kong?
Kong is pronounced /kɒŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of kong?
The plural of kong is kongs.

Words near kong in the dictionary

  1. Konfisakhar
  2. Konfisakhars
  3. Konfrontasi
  4. konfyt
  5. konfyts
  6. kong
  7. kong bak pau
  8. Kong Mountains
  9. Kong Zi
  10. kongamato
  11. Kongbam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kong (page history and authors); Kong (page history and authors); kong (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kong (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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