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kiang

or khy·ang

[ kee-ahng ]

noun

  1. the largest species of wild ass, Equus kiang: found in Tibet, northern Nepal, and the northern Indian region of Ladakh, the kiang was once considered a subspecies of the onager but is now classified as a distinct species.


kiang

/ kɪˈæŋ /

noun

  1. a variety of the wild ass, Equus hemionus, that occurs in Tibet and surrounding regions Compare onager
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kiang1

First recorded in 1865–70; from Tibetan kyang (spelling rkyang )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kiang1

C19: from Tibetan rkyan
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Example Sentences

It is situated at the mouth of the Yangtse-Kiang, the largest river of Asia, navigable for fifteen hundred miles.

I was travelling on a missionary tour in the province of Cheh-kiang, and had to pass the night in a very wicked town.

Confining attention to Asia these figures, large though they seem, are far exceeded by those of the Yangtsze-Kiang.

Down in Kiang Su a scholar cut off his left arm and with the red blood wrote his appeal.

Adul had caught a kiang foal four months old, which was ill and kept always turning round.

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