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Song

//sɒŋ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan. historical

    "Up until the Song dynasty (960 to 1279 A.D.), it was the case that, like in the West, each person would get their own meal."

  2. 2
    A river in Papua New Guinea.
  3. 3
    A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.
  4. 4
    A surname from Khmer.
  5. 5
    A district of Phrae Province, Thailand.
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  1. 6
    A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China. historical
  2. 7
    The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned. historical
  3. 8
    A surname from Chinese.
  4. 9
    A river in China; any of various minor rivers in China.
Noun
  1. 1
    A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing. countable, uncountable

    "Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday."

  2. 2
    the act of singing wordnet
  3. 3
    Any musical composition. broadly, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the characteristic sound produced by a bird wordnet
  5. 5
    Poetical composition; poetry; verse. countable, uncountable

    "This subject for heroic song."

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  1. 6
    a short musical composition with words wordnet
  2. 7
    The act or art of singing. countable, uncountable

    "How often the enthusiast has dwelt upon the birds bursting into song, the buds bursting into flower, all nature bursting into life!—as though a state of things in which everything around us is bursting is at all pleasant."

  3. 8
    a distinctive or characteristic sound wordnet
  4. 9
    A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal. countable, uncountable

    "I love hearing the song of canary birds."

  5. 10
    the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy wordnet
  6. 11
    The distinctive sound that a male bird utters to attract a mate or to protect his territory; contrasts with call; also, similar vocalisations made by female birds. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    a very small sum wordnet
  8. 13
    A low price, especially one under the expected value; chiefly in for a song. countable, uncountable

    "He bought that car for a song."

  9. 14
    An object of derision; a laughing stock. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to sing”). Cognate with Scots sang, song (“singing, song”), Saterland Frisian Song (“song”), West Frisian sang (“song”), Dutch zang (“song”), Low German sang (“song”), German Sang (“singing, song”), Swedish sång (“song”), Norwegian Bokmål sang (“song”), Norwegian Nynorsk song (“song”), Icelandic söngur (“song”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”). More at sing.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (Sòng).

Etymology 3

Derived from Khmer សុង (song).

Etymology 4

Derived from Thai สอง (sɔ̌ɔng).

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