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Tang
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- 1 The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
"The two sculptures, which were part of religious rites, belong to the Tang dynasty, which ruled between 618 and 907 AD and is considered a golden period of the Chinese civilization."
- 2 A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
- 3 A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
- 4 A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
- 5 A Chinese surname from Teochew.
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- 6 A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
- 7 Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.
- 8 A gewog of Bumthang District, Bhutan.
- 9 The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
"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."
- 10 A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
- 11 Any of a number of places in China.
- 12 Any of a number of places in China.; A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
"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."
- 13 A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
- 1 A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
"a tang of citrus"
- 2 A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
- 3 knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed) countable, rare, uncountable
- 4 The vagina or vulva. countable, slang, vulgar
"The guys like to look at her tang, because that's how they are […]"
- 5 Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma.
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- 6 any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria wordnet
- 7 A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
"a tang of cellar"
- 8 Sexual intercourse with a woman slang, uncountable, vulgar
- 9 any of various coarse seaweeds wordnet
- 10 A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. figuratively
"a tang of pedantry"
- 11 brown algae seaweed with serrated edges wordnet
- 12 A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
"slip the cable over the tang"
- 13 a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure wordnet
- 14 A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.; The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.
"full-tang"
- 15 a tart spicy quality wordnet
- 16 A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.; The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.; The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
"I spent the evening collecting the abandoned nests of birds from a rock face a half league distant, and that night I struck fire from the tang of Terminus Est and boiled the coarse meal (which took a long time to cook, because of the altitude) and ate it."
- 17 the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth wordnet
- 18 A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.; The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
"The rifle carried a vernier sight on the tang[…]"
- 19 the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 wordnet
- 20 A shuffleboard paddle.
- 21 Obsolete form of tongue. alt-of, obsolete
"1667, John Lacy, Sauny the Scot: Or, the Taming of the Shrew, Act V, Sauny Hear ye, sir; could not ye mistake, and pull her tang out instead of her teeth?"
- 22 Anything resembling a tongue in form or position, such as the tongue of a buckle. broadly
- 1 To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper. dated
- 2 To make a ringing sound; to ring.
"let thy tongue tang arguments of state"
Etymology
From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Middle Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”).
Imitative
Imitative
Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish tang (“seaweed”), Swedish tång, Icelandic þang
Clipping of poontang.
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Borrowed from Mandarin 唐 (Táng).
Borrowed from Mandarin 湯 /汤 (Tāng).
Borrowed from Cantonese 滕 (tang4).
Borrowed from Cantonese 鄧 /邓 (dang6).
Borrowed from Teochew 陳 /陈 (dang5).
Borrowed from Hokkien 董 (táng).
Borrowed from Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow, tight”).
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྟང (stang).
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