lang
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(obsolete outside Northumbria) long
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An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old English lang (“long”), a nickname for a tall person.
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A surname from German, a variant of Lange.
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A surname from Dutch, a variant of de Lange.
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(countable) A surname.
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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”).
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A placename
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A settlement in New South Wales, Australia.
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A town in Styria, Austria. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lǫka (“meadow”), or perhaps of Celtic origin.
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A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A village in Gilan Province, Iran. From Persian لنگ (lang).
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A ghost town in Georgia, United States; named after postmaster Benjamin F. Lang.
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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.]
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