Tang
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tang"
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Tang
- The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
- The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
- 2000, Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century[1], 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.
- A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
- Any of a number of places in China.
- A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
- 1996, Jasper Becker, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine[2], The Free Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 328:
- A biography of Hu claims that Hu's attitudes changed in 1961, after he was sent to supervise agricultural policy changes in Tang county, Hebei province.
- [2021 October 13, Weiwei Xu, Aparajit Chakraborty, Arunava Das, “Doctor's inspiring legacy given a fresh take”, in China Daily[3], archived from the original on 13 October 2021[4]:
- After determined efforts, Dwarkanath Kotnis finally arrived in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region in 1940 to be part of the Hundred-Regiment Campaign. He then moved to Gegong village, Tangxian county, Hebei province, where he performed surgeries in the line of fire.]
- A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
See also edit
- Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Later Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Southern Tang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
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Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
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Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
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Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Teochew.
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Tang (plural Tangs)
- A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Etymology 7 edit
From Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow, tight”).
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Tang
- Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.
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Tang
- a surname.
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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.
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Tang m (strong, genitive Tangs, plural Tange)
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Declension of Tang [masculine, strong]
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- “Tang” in Duden online
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1068, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068
- “Tang” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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From either Mandarin 唐 (táng) or Hokkien 董 (táng).
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Tang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔)