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Eng

//ɛŋ// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Narrow. obsolete, regional

    "The hole was too eng for him to get through."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of England. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of England abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    The name of the Latin script letter Ŋ/ŋ, formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Sami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages.
  2. 2
    Initialism of electronic newsgathering. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also compare Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz. No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, save for the Middle English compound word ang-nail. Related to Dutch eng (“narrow”), German eng (“narrow”), Low German enj (“confined, narrow”), Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”).

Etymology 2

Probably created by analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).

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