Tang

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 唐 (Táng).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tang

  1. The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
  2. The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
    • 2000, Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century‎, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:
      Empress Liu (ca. 890-926 A.D.), whose birthplace was Chenan in Wei (now Chenan county, Hebei province), was the wife of Li Cunxu, who reigned as Emperor Zhuangzong, during the Tang dynasty.
  3. A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
  4. Any of a number of places in China.
    1. A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
  5. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

See also

References

  1. ^ cf. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tanghsien or T’ang-hsien”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1874, column 2

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 湯 / 汤 (Tāng).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Etymology 3

From Cantonese 滕 (tang4).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 4

From Cantonese 鄧 / 邓 (dang6).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 5

From Teochew 陳 / 陈 (dang5).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Teochew.

Etymology 6

From Hokkien 董 (táng).

Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Etymology 7

From Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow, tight”).

Proper noun

Tang

  1. Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Tang

  1. a surname

German

Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang, from Proto-Germanic *þanga, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to thicken, be solid”), related to Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

Tang m (strong, genitive Tangs, plural Tange)

  1. seaweed

Declension

Declension of Tang
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tang die Tange
genitive eines des Tangs der Tange
dative einem dem Tang den Tangen
accusative einen den Tang die Tange

Derived terms

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Cantonese 鄧／邓 (Dang4). Doublet of Teng.

Proper noun

Tang

  1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 董 (Táng).

Proper noun

Tang

  1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien.

Tagalog

Etymology

From either Mandarin 唐 (táng) or Hokkien 董 (táng).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔)

  1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin or Hokkien
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