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

We passed several goa on the way, but they were too shy to allow us to get a shot, also some kiang, which were very tame, and showed up well in the snow.

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

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

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

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 Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth

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 Sterndale, Robert Armitage