Tang

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Tang or TANG may refer to:

Contents 1 Chinese name 2 Fish and related US warships 3 Places 4 Acronyms 5 Other

[edit] Chinese name

• Tang Dynasty (唐朝) of China which reigned from 618 – 907 AD.
• Tang of Shang (湯), the Shang dynasty ruler, who lived around 1660 BCE
• The term (Tángrén 唐人) that many southern Chinese use to refer to the Han Chinese ethnic group.
• A transliteration of Chinese family names such as:
  • 唐 (Pinyin: táng), as in the Tang Dynasty, (but the clan name is more ancient)
  • 湯 (Pinyin: tāng), as in the Tang of Shang.
  • 鄧 or 邓 (Pinyin: dèng), as in Deng Xiaoping (see Tang Clan)
  • 滕 (Pinyin: téng)
• Tang Clan of Hong Kong, the first inhabitants to leave China and settle in Hong Kong.
• Tang flour, a wheat flour used in Chinese cooking. Also called wheat starch
• Tang Xavier, a modern Chinese Professional Sumo Wrestler.
• Tang Yan, (of the 唐 clan), a famous Chinese actress and entertainer
• Tang Wei, a Chinese actress.

[edit] Fish and related US warships

• Tang (fish)
• US submarines called for the fish, including
  • USS Tang (SS-306), a United States Navy Balao class submarine that served briefly in World War II before being sunk by one of its own torpedoes
  • A Tang class submarine of the United States Navy
  • USS Tang (SS-563) the lead ship of that class

[edit] Places

• Tang, County Westmeath, a village in Ireland
• Tang, North Yorkshire, a settlement in England
• Tang, Afghanistan
• Tang County, in Hebei, China

[edit] Acronyms

• Texas Air National Guard
• Tennessee Air National Guard
• Transcendental argument for the non-existence of God

[edit] Other

• Tang (drink), a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks from the 1950s to the present
• Tang (weaponry), a projecting element connecting a knife or sword blade to the handle
• Tang (dish), soup or stew in Korean cuisine

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