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 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 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

One of the two here referred to, was across the country from Ningpo to Canton, by the same route Lord Macartney came, and the other was up the Yangtsz kiang.

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

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

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