Lang

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English

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Lang (countable and uncountable, plural Langs)

  1. (countable) A surname.
    1. An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old English lang (long), a nickname for a tall person.
    2. A surname from German, a variant of Lange.
    3. A surname from Dutch, a variant of de Lange.
    4. A Manchu surname from Chinese, anglicized from Chinese (Láng), used as a translation of Manchu ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡠᡵᡠ (niohuru, Niohuru, literally wolf) for its homophony with (láng, wolf).
  2. A placename
    1. A settlement in New South Wales, Australia.
    2. A town in Styria, Austria. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lǫka (meadow), or perhaps of Celtic origin.
    3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
    4. A village in Gilan, Iran. From Persian لنگ (lang).
    5. A ghost town in Georgia, United States; named after postmaster Benjamin F. Lang.

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Lang

  1. a surname

Dutch

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Lang

  1. a surname

German

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Etymology

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From lang (tall).

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Lang m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Langs or (with an article) Lang, feminine genitive Lang, plural Langs)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname
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Lang n (proper noun, genitive Langs or (optionally with an article) Lang)

  1. A municipality of Styria, Austria