Fang

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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Fang pl (plural only)

  1. A people of western Africa.
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Fang

  1. The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
  2. A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.
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Etymology 2

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The county sense is from Mandarin (Fáng). The surname sense could be from Mandarin (Fāng), (Fáng), (Fāng), 仿 (Fǎng) or (Fǎng).

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Fang

  1. A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
    • 1907, Report for the Year 1907 on the Chemical, Metal and Mining Industries of the Consular District of Lyons[1], →OCLC, page 23:
      Many valuable medicines are produced in Hupei, particularly in the Shih-nan Prefecture and in the Fang and Hsing-shan districts.
    • 1978, Translations on People's Republic of China[2], numbers 471-479, →OCLC:
      FANG COUNTY HYDROELECTRICITY--This year the people in Fang County have developed 135 small hydroelectric power stations with a total installed[...]
    • 1990, Eva Wong, transl., Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China[3], Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110:
      After parting with his brothers, Wang Yü-yang journeyed on the southwest road and came to a small town nestled in the rural region of Fang County.
    • 2018 August 26, Laurie Chen, “Dreamers, crackpots or realists? The diehards on the trail of China’s ‘Bigfoot’”, in South China Morning Post[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 August 2018[5]:
      “Its speed was very fast, but it was walking, not running,” Yuan said. As the creature ranged across a mountain in Fang county, bordering the Shennongjia Forestry District, “it walked faster than a human ran”.
    • 2019, Na Li, Ni Yan, “Present Situation and Development Suggestions of Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry in Hubei Province”, in 2019 4th International Conference on Education and Social Development (ICESD 2019)[6], →DOI, →ISBN, page 147:
      Hubei Sanxin Biotechnology Co., LTD, located in Fang County, Shiyan City, has developed a series of traditional Chinese medicine [from] Polygonum Cuspidatum, including "yellow bud stem" vegetables, resveratrol extract, emodin extract, and crude Polygonum cuspidatum extract and so on.
    • 2020 March 12, “Deaths in China Surpass Toll From SARS”, in The New York Times[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 May 2020, Asia Pacific‎[8]:
      Now, the Fang County government is trying “incentives,” according to a statement posted Saturday on its website. People who report their own fevers will receive 1,000 renminbi, the equivalent of $143 — a few days’ salary for the average Hubei resident.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Fang.
  2. A surname from Mandarin
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Fang (Bantu)

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Proper noun

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Fang

  1. Fang people
  2. Fang language (Pahouin)

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vanc, ultimately from the root of fangen (to catch).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
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Noun

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Fang m (strong, genitive Fanges or Fangs, plural Fänge)

  1. catch, capture
  2. booty, prey
  3. haul, draught
  4. fang, talon, claw, tusk
  5. (hunting) coup de grâce
  6. hunting, fishing (fish, whales)

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Further reading

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  • Fang” in Duden online
  • Fang” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache