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

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kiang

The kiang, of which there is a living specimen in the London Zoological Gardens, inhabits the high plateaux of Thibet, ranging up to fifteen and sixteen thousand feet above the sea level.

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

Animal life in some form was almost always visible, whether it was the wild kiang roaming on the plains, or the gazelle, or the wild sheep, there was always something of interest to watch.

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

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

From In the Forbidden Land by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

It lies in a highly cultivated region, and is connected with Peking and other large places, through the Grand canal and the Yangtsz kiang.

From The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe by John Russell Bartlett

We had passed hundreds of kiang and antelopes, and shortly before sunset I took a walk to the hills to try and bring some fresh meat to camp.

From In the Forbidden Land by Arnold Henry Savage Landor