Hongcouver

English

Alternative forms

  • HongCouver

Etymology

Blend of Hong Kong +‎ Vancouver

Proper noun

Hongcouver

  1. (informal, somewhat derogatory) Vancouver; referring to the large-scale Chinese Canadian immigration to that city in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly from Hong Kong.

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