kiang

American  

[kee-ahng] / kiˈɑŋ /

Or khyang

noun

1. the largest species of wild ass, Equus kiang: found in Tibet, northern Nepal, and the northern Indian region of Ladakh, the kiang was once considered a subspecies of the onager but is now classified as a distinct species.

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kiang British  

/ kɪˈæŋ /

noun

1. a variety of the wild ass, Equus hemionus, that occurs in Tibet and surrounding regions Compare onager

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Etymology

Origin of kiang

First recorded in 1865–70; from Tibetan kyang (spelling rkyang )

Example Sentences

The Latin name for the wild ass, Equus kiang, indicates his close relationship to the horse, and "kiang" is what he is called by the people of Tibet.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

The kiang has a variety of appellations, according to the country in which it is found.

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William

Many kiang were grazing on it and many thousands of sheep were being pastured there.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

In the eastern parts of Ladakh is a nondescript wild variety of horse which I may call Equus kiang.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

Some of these shiftings of course of the Hwang ho and of the Yangtse kiang are indicated in dotted lines on the sketch map, Fig.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)