kang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
  2. A large Chinese water jar.
noun
  1. Clipping of kangaroo.
noun
  1. Nonstandard form of king
verb
  1. To appropriate the history of another ethnicity or country, in particular an empire or a civilization.
  2. To mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from or related to ancient Egyptians.
verb
  1. To appropriate someone else's work.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A surname from Korean.
  3. A surname from Chinese.
  4. Alternative form of Kangabam surname of Meitei origin
  5. Alternative form of Kangjam surname of Meitei origin
  6. Alternative form of Kangujam surname of Meitei origin

Pronunciation

käng

Word forms

kang kangs k'ang kanging kanged

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 炕.

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