lang

/L AE1 NG/
adjective
  1. 1

    (obsolete outside Northumbria) long

noun
  1. 1

    An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old English lang (“long”), a nickname for a tall person.

  2. 2

    A surname from German, a variant of Lange.

  3. 3

    A surname from Dutch, a variant of de Lange.

  4. 4

    (countable) A surname.

  5. 5

    A Manchu surname from Chinese, anglicized from Chinese 郎 (Láng), used as a translation of Manchu ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡠᡵᡠ (niohuru, “Niohuru”, literally “wolf”) for its homophony with 狼 (láng, “wolf”).

  6. 6

    A placename

  7. 7

    A settlement in New South Wales, Australia.

  8. 8

    A town in Styria, Austria. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lǫka (“meadow”), or perhaps of Celtic origin.

  9. 9

    A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

  10. 10

    A village in Gilan Province, Iran. From Persian لنگ (lang).

  11. 11

    A ghost town in Georgia, United States; named after postmaster Benjamin F. Lang.

  12. 12

    Abbreviation of language [(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.]