# Tang
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tæŋ/, /tɑːŋ/

### Etymology 1

From Mandarin 唐 (Táng).

#### Alternative forms

* T'ang (Wade–Giles)

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: täng

#### Proper noun

Tang
* The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
* The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
** 2000, Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century‎, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235: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.
* A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
* Any of a number of places in China.
** A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
*** 1996, Jasper Becker, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine‎, The Free Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 328: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.
* A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

#### See also

* Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Later Tang Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Southern Tang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

#### References

* ↑ cf. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tanghsien or T’ang-hsien”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1874, column 2

### Etymology 2

From Mandarin 湯 / 汤 (Tāng).

#### Alternative forms

* T'ang (Wade–Giles)

#### Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)
* A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

### Etymology 3

From Cantonese 滕 (tang4).

#### Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)
* A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

### Etymology 4

From Cantonese 鄧 / 邓 (dang6).

#### Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)
* A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

### Etymology 5

From Teochew 陳 / 陈 (dang5).

#### Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)
* A Chinese surname from Teochew.

### Etymology 6

From Hokkien 董 (táng).

#### Proper noun

Tang (plural Tangs)
* A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

### Etymology 7

From Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow, tight”).

#### Proper noun

Tang
* Any of a number of places, including a village in Iran and a village in Afghanistan.

### Anagrams

* Gant, Gnat, gnat

## Danish
### Proper noun

Tang
* a surname

## German
### Etymology

Of North Germanic origin, such as Danish tang or Swedish tång, from Old Norse þongull, þang, from Proto-Germanic *þanga, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to thicken, be solid”), related to Proto-Germanic *þinhaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋ

### Noun

Tang m (strong, genitive Tangs, plural Tange)
* seaweed

#### Derived terms

* Knorpeltang
* Seetang

### Further reading

* “Tang” in Duden online
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1068”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1068
* “Tang” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From either Mandarin 唐 (táng) or Hokkien 董 (táng).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtaŋ/ [ˈt̪aŋ]
* Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: Tang

### Proper noun

Tang (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔)
* a Chinese surname from Mandarin or Hokkien