Tong

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.
2
A place in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Headcorn parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8346).
3
A place in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in eastern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7907).
4
A place in the United Kingdom: A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2230).
5
A place in the United Kingdom: A village north of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4436).

Etymology

For the surname: Borrowed from Cantonese 湯／汤 (tong1), Cantonese 唐 (tong4), Mandarin 佟 (Tóng), Mandarin 童 (Tóng), etc.

Forms

plural: Tongs

tone · A specific pitch.Tone · A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony tong · An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire…

Tong · A surname.

tongue · The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move…Tongue · A village by the Kyle of Tongue in Sutherland, Highland…Toni · A diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used…

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