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Etymology 1

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From Mandarin (Táng).

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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[2], 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

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References

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

Etymology 2

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From Mandarin (Tāng).

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Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Etymology 3

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From Cantonese (tang4).

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Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 4

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From Cantonese (dang6).

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Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 5

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From Teochew (dang5).

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Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Teochew.

Etymology 6

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From Hokkien (táng).

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Tang (plural Tangs)

  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Etymology 7

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From Persian تنگ (tang, narrow, tight).

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Tang

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

Anagrams

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Tang

  1. a surname.

German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /taŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

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Tang m (strong, genitive Tangs, plural Tange)

  1. seaweed

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Further reading

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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

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Tang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔)

  1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin or Hokkien