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

I had a shot or two at thar, and we saw any number of kiang.

From In the Forbidden Land by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage

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

We have before us in sight the pagoda of Kew- kiang; one of the principal points which we proposed to reach when we embarked on this expedition….

From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

The hair of the skins is removed by plucking and scraping, and preference is shown for skins of the yak, antelope, and kiang.

From In the Forbidden Land by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage

I imagine that Baber here makes a slight mistake, and that they use the name kiang, and not ho, for the river.—H.C.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry