kiang

American  

[kee-ahng] / kiˈɑŋ /

Or khyang

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.

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kiang British  

/ kɪˈæŋ /

noun

1. a variety of the wild ass, Equus hemionus, that occurs in Tibet and surrounding regions Compare onager

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Etymology

Origin of kiang

First recorded in 1865–70; from Tibetan kyang (spelling rkyang )

Example Sentences

We have before us in sight the pagoda of Kew- kiang; one of the principal points which we proposed to reach when we embarked on this expedition….

From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

They are generally called ho in the north, and chiang or kiang in the south.

From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.

I had a shot or two at thar, and we saw any number of kiang.

From In the Forbidden Land by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage

The manner of obtaining salt, described in the text, is substantially the same as one described by Duhalde, and by one of the missionaries, as being employed near the mouth of the Yang-tzu kiang.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

Animal life in some form was almost always visible, whether it was the wild kiang roaming on the plains, or the gazelle, or the wild sheep, there was always something of interest to watch.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth