Wang
proper nounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //wæŋ//
- //wɔŋ//
A surname from Chinese.
proper noun
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A surname from Chinese.
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A surname from Korean [in turn from Chinese].
Etymology
From various romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong, Heng, Ong, and Vuong. As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above.
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A surname from Danish, variant of Vang.
Etymology
As a Danish surname, from Vang. As a German and Dutch surname, from wang (“cheek”) and obsolete derivatives of Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”). As a Jewish surname, from the German sense, and also a nickname for someone from Hungary (compare Russian Венгрия (Vengrija)). As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Vang.
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A Meitei surname from Manipuri, variant of Wangjam, Wangkheimayum, Wangkheimayum, or Wangmayum.
Etymology
Borrowed from Manipuri ꯋꯥꯡ (wāng).
Forms
- plural
- Wangs