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Nang

//næŋ// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying. Multicultural-London-English, UK, slang
"That was well nang!"

Proper Noun

1
A county of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
"Nang county is the name given to the present administrative division of E Dakpo, the principal gateway to the sacred mountain of Tsari, and the region through which the Brahmaputra River cuts its way through an unnavigable 33 km horse-shoe gorge as it flows towards Longpo and Kongpo."

Noun

1
A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream. Australia, New-Zealand, slang
"I reckon the thing that brings on a trip the quickest is definitly^([sic]) a nang (nitrous oxide bulb) while listening to REALLY intense music"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”) or Hausa yanga (“boastfulness”).

Etymology 2

From Tibetan སྣང (snang).

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