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Fang
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Appendix:Variations of "fang"
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈfæŋ/ /ˈfɑŋ/
en æŋ 1
Noun
p
A people of western Africa.
Translations
people
Fang (Bantu): fan Fang
Proper noun
The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.
Translations
the language of Guinea which is also called Pahouin
Fang (Bantu): fan Fang
See also
fan
fan
fak
fak
Etymology 2
+ County
Fang County
The county sense is from en cmn 房 Fáng. The surname sense could be from en cmn - 方 Fāng, 房 Fáng, 芳 Fāng, 仿 Fǎng or 放 Fǎng.
Pronunciation
fängcf. Fanghsien 603 2
Proper noun
en county prefecture-level city/Shiyan p/Hubei c/China.
en 1907 Report for the Year 1907 on the Chemical, Metal and Mining Industries of the Consular District of Lyons https://books.google.com/books?id=43M8AQAAIAAJ 931763659 23 Many valuable medicines are produced in Hupei, particularly in the Shih-nan Prefecture and in the Fang and Hsing-shan districts.
en 1978 Translations on People's Republic of China https://books.google.com/books?id=hcsVAAAAMAAJ 471-479 2370938 FANG COUNTY HYDROELECTRICITY--This year the people in Fang County have developed 135 small hydroelectric power stations with a total installed[...]
en 1990 Eva Wong Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China https://archive.org/details/seven-taoist-masters-eva-wong/ Boston; London w:Shambhala Publications 0-87773-544-1 89-43307 247146442 110 https://archive.org/details/seven-taoist-masters-eva-wong/page/110/ After parting with his brothers, Wang Yü-yang journeyed on the southwest road and came to a small town nestled in the rural region of Fang County.
en 26 August 2018 Laurie Chen Dreamers, crackpots or realists? The diehards on the trail of China’s ‘Bigfoot’ https://web.archive.org/web/20180825224620/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2160570/dreamers-crackpots-or-realists-diehards-trail-chinas-bigfoot 25 August 2018 w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 https://archive.ph/1kikP “Its speed was very fast, but it was walking, not running,” Yuan said. As the creature ranged across a mountain in Fang county, bordering the Shennongjia Forestry District, “it walked faster than a human ran”.
en 2019 Na Li; Ni Yan Present Situation and Development Suggestions of Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry in Hubei Province 2019 4th International Conference on Education and Social Development (ICESD 2019) https://www.dpi-proceedings.com/index.php/dtssehs/article/view/29830 978-1-60595-621-3 10.12783/dtssehs/icesd2019/29830 147 Hubei Sanxin Biotechnology Co., LTD, located in Fang County, Shiyan City, has developed a series of traditional Chinese medicine [from] Polygonum Cuspidatum, including "yellow bud stem" vegetables, resveratrol extract, emodin extract, and crude Polygonum cuspidatum extract and so on.
en March 12, 2020 Deaths in China Surpass Toll From SARS https://archive.is/Mvgj3 21 May 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/world/asia/coronavirus-china.html Asia Pacific https://web.archive.org/web/20200209052034/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/world/asia/coronavirus-china.html Now, the Fang County government is trying “incentives,” according to a statement posted Saturday on its website. People who report their own fevers will receive 1,000 renminbi, the equivalent of $143 — a few days’ salary for the average Hubei resident.
en
en Mandarin
Synonyms
en Fangxian county
Translations
county
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 房
Mandarin: cmn 房 Fáng
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
en 2008 Fang Xian Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 1203 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1203/ 2
en Languages Tribes
Fang (Bantu)
Etymology
From fan mfang mot (“true man” or “real man”)
Pronunciation
en /fãŋ/
Proper noun
fan proper noun
Fang people
Fang language
German
Etymology
From de gmh vanc, ultimately from the root of de fangen to catch.
Pronunciation
de /faŋ/
de aŋ 1
de De-Fang.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s,^e
catch, capture
booty, prey
haul, draught
fang, talon, claw, tusk
de hunting coup de grâce
hunting, fishing fish, whales
Declension
m,(e)s,^e
Further reading