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• Kung
  Kung

  noun

  a member of a San people of the Kalahari desert basin of southern Africa.
• Küng
  Küng

  noun

  Hans, 1928–2021, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and writer: critic of papal authority.

Kung

¹ American  

[koong] / kʊŋ /

Or !Kung

noun

• Kungs,
  plural
• Kung
  plural

1. a member of a San people of the Kalahari desert basin of southern Africa.

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Kung ² American  

[koong, goong] / kʊŋ, gʊŋ /

noun

1. H. H. K'ung Hsiang-hsiKong Xiangxi, 1881–1967, Chinese financier and statesman.

2. Prince, 1833–98, Chinese statesman of the late Ch'ing dynasty.

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Küng ³ American  

[koong, kyng] / kʊŋ, küŋ /

noun

1. Hans, 1928–2021, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and writer: critic of papal authority.

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Küng British  

/ kʊŋ /

noun

1. Hans. born 1928, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, who questioned the doctrine of infallibility: his licence to teach was withdrawn in 1979. His books include Global Responsibility (1991)

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Noun Inflected Forms

• Kung
  plural
• Kungs
  plural

Example Sentences

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Traditional Kung Pao chicken calls for stir-fried chicken, so no, this recipe isn’t authentic in the slightest.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

“This is about as permanent a ban as we can get,” said Steven Kung, co-founder of the group No Data Center Monterey Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

China's robots are capable of putting on a show, doing Kung Fu dance moves and racing faster than humans during a marathon in Beijing.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

An expected convergence of interest rates with the U.S., as the Fed cuts and the BoJ tightens, will decrease downward pressure on the yen, thinks Yung-Shin Kung, chief investment officer at Mast Investments.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

The smell of Kung Pao chicken rose up from the plate and suddenly I realized that I was starving.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

Küng, who brought Ratzinger to Tübingen, would later be barred from teaching by his former colleague, after he rejected papal infallibility.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022

Indeed, after taking up a post at Tübingen University, in southern Germany, in 1966, he became a close friend of the leading liberal theologian, Hans Küng.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022

Here’s Pierre Rolland celebrating as he overtakes Stefan Küng in a time trial ... never mind the fact that he’s en voiture -

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2021

Pomerol, Lussac and Saint Émilion all feature along the route and riders such as Stefan Küng and Wout van Aert will be giving everything to deny Pogacar a second ITT victory of the race.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2021

The death was announced by the Global Ethic Foundation, which Dr. Küng founded in 1995.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2021

Throughout the week, the 32-year-old phenom released several remixes of the self-loathing lead single “Anti-Hero,” featuring the Bleachers, Roosevelt, Kungs, Jayda G and an acoustic version.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

For a while, the Kungs reigned as one of the richest and allegedly most corrupt families in the country.

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2019

"We must rip aside the iron curtain of the Soongs and Kungs," he railed.

From Time Magazine Archive

One answers: 'They still respect and support the Generalissimo, but some members of his family, such as the Soongs and Kungs, aren't so good.

From Time Magazine Archive