kiang

or khy·ang

[ kee-ahng ]

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.

kiang

/ kɪˈæŋ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiang¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiang¹

C19: from Tibetan rkyan

Example Sentences

It is situated at the mouth of the Yangtse-Kiang, the largest river of Asia, navigable for fifteen hundred miles.

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I was travelling on a missionary tour in the province of Cheh-kiang, and had to pass the night in a very wicked town.

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Confining attention to Asia these figures, large though they seem, are far exceeded by those of the Yangtsze-Kiang.

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Down in Kiang Su a scholar cut off his left arm and with the red blood wrote his appeal.

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Adul had caught a kiang foal four months old, which was ill and kept always turning round.

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