Kung

1

or !Kung

[ koong ]

noun,plural Kungs, (especially collectively) Kung.
  1. a member of a San people of the Kalahari desert basin of southern Africa.

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Kung2
[ koong, goong ]

noun
  1. H. H. K'ung Hsiang-hsi; Kong Xiangxi, 1881–1967, Chinese financier and statesman.

  2. Prince, 1833–98, Chinese statesman of the late Ch'ing dynasty.

Other definitions for Küng (3 of 3)

Küng
[ koong; German kyng ]

noun
  1. Hans, 1928–2021, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and writer: critic of papal authority.

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Küng

/ (kʊŋ) /


noun
  1. Hans. born 1928, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, who questioned the doctrine of infallibility: his licence to teach was withdrawn in 1979. His books include Global Responsibility (1991)

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