Lang

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lang"

English

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Proper noun

Lang (countable and uncountable, plural Langs)

  1. (countable) A surname.
    1. An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old English lang (“long”), a nickname for a tall person.
    2. A surname from German, a variant of Lange.
    3. A surname from Dutch, a variant of de Lange.
    4. A Manchu surname from Chinese, anglicized from Chinese 郎 (Láng), used as a translation of Manchu ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡠᡵᡠ (niohuru, “Niohuru”, literally “wolf”) for its homophony with 狼 (láng, “wolf”).
  2. A placename
    1. A settlement in New South Wales, Australia.
    2. A town in Styria, Austria. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lǫka (“meadow”), or perhaps of Celtic origin.
    3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
    4. A village in Gilan, Iran. From Persian لنگ (lang).
    5. A ghost town in Georgia, United States; named after postmaster Benjamin F. Lang.

Alternative forms

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lang m anim (female equivalent Langová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Lang (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Lang Langové
genitive Langa Langů
dative Langovi Langům
accusative Langa Langy
vocative Langu Langové
locative Langovi Lanzích
instrumental Langem Langy

Further reading

  • “Lang”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Danish

Proper noun

Lang

  1. a surname

Dutch

Proper noun

Lang

  1. a surname

German

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Etymology

From lang (“tall”).

Proper noun

Lang m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Langs or (with an article) Lang, feminine genitive Lang, plural Langs)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname

Proper noun

Lang n (proper noun, genitive Langs or (optionally with an article) Lang)

  1. A municipality of Styria, Austria
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