name
Meaning 1
A surname.
A surname from Korean.
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Standard Lemma guide
kang
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käng
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K AA1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
A surname from Chinese.
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Alternative form of Kangabam surname of Meitei origin
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Meaning 4
A surname.
Alternative form of Kangjam surname of Meitei origin
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
Alternative form of Kangujam surname of Meitei origin
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 6
A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
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noun
Meaning 7
A large Chinese water jar.
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noun
Meaning 8
Clipping of kangaroo.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
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noun
Meaning 9
Nonstandard form of king
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Usage: Internet, alt-of, nonstandard
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verb
Meaning 10
To appropriate the history of another ethnicity or country, in particular an empire or a civilization.
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Usage: India, transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from or related to ancient Egyptians.
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Usage: intransitive, transitive
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verb
Meaning 12
To appropriate someone else's work.
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Usage: slang
Qualifier: Android programming
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 강(姜) (Gang), Mandarin 康 (Kāng) or Hokkien 江 (Kang).
Borrowed from Chinese 炕.
From the Internet meme we wuz kangz, with the word kang itself ultimately from king, referring to the pharaohs, from which Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended.
Online alias of an XDA-Developers.com user who appropriated the work of other users.