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Kling
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kling
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Kling is the 4598th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7713 individuals. Kling is most common among White (93.47%) individuals.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en Kalinga.
Noun
p
en Kalinga.
Etymology 3
Noun
en Keling.
en 1869 Alfred Russel Wallace The Malay Archipelago Macmillan and Co. I London 31 The native Malays are usually fishermen and boatmen, and they form the main body of the police. The Portuguese of Malacca supply a large number of the clerks and smaller merchants. The Klings of Western India are a numerous body of Mahometans, and, with many Arabs, are petty merchants and shopkeepers. The grooms and washermen are all Bengalees, and there is a small but highly respectable class of Parsee merchants.
Czech
Etymology
cs
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an Klingová
cs m
Declension
m.an.surname
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Kling in 1835. Derived from nl kling hill, elevated place, rough heath.
Pronunciation
nl /klɪŋ/
nl Nl-kling.ogg
nl Kling
nl ɪŋ 1
nl kling
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Beekdaelen p/Limburg c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Klingbemden
References