Yong
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See also: yong
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]The romanization of various Chinese and Korean surnames, including Mandarin 雍 (Yōng), Cantonese 楊/杨 (joeng4), Hakka 楊/杨 (Yòng), Cantonese 容 (jung4), Korean 용(龍) (Yong), etc.
Proper noun
[edit]Yong (plural Yongs)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Yong is the 10316th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3123 individuals. Yong is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (77.46%) individuals.
Etymology 2
[edit]The pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 雍州 (Yōngzhōu, “Harmonious Province”).
Proper noun
[edit]Yong
- (historical) Synonym of Yongzhou: any of various regions and provinces of ancient and early medieval China.
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- English terms derived from Chinese
- English terms derived from Korean
- English terms derived from Mandarin
- English terms derived from Cantonese
- English terms derived from Hakka
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English terms with historical senses