Yang
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //jæŋ//
A surname from Chinese of various origins.
proper noun
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Variant of yang when used as a proper nounAlternative letter-case form of yang when used as a proper noun.
Etymology
See yang.
proper noun
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A surname from Chinese of various origins.
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A surname from Korean of various origins.
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A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
Liang and Yang were the names of two commanderies to the southwest of Ch'ang-an; Yang is the modern Yang county, Shensi, and Liang, the administrative center of Shan-nan West circuit, also known as Hsing-yuan, on the borders of Shensi and Szechuan.
The well-known Hanzhong Basin, extending from Yangxian to Mianxian, about 80 kilometres from east to west and 10 to 15 kilometres from north to south, is a major farming area.
A male vegetable seller killed a female hawker in a fight over space at a farmer's market in Yang county, near Hanzhong , Huashang Daily reports.
Etymology
From various atonal romanizations of various Chinese characters, including 楊 /杨 (yáng, “Willow”) and 洋 (a river name).