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Chinese

  • Tang Dynasty
    Tang Dynasty
    The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

    , a dynasty in Chinese history when transliterated from Cantonese
  • Tong (organization)
    Tong (organization)
    The word tong means "hall" or "gathering place". In North America a tong is a type of organization found among Chinese living in the United States and Canada. These organizations are described as secret societies or sworn brotherhoods and are often tied to criminal activity...

    , a type of social organization found in Chinese immigrant communities
  • tong, pronunciation of several Chinese character
    Chinese character
    Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese , less frequently Korean , formerly Vietnamese , or other languages...

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  • See:
    • The Chinese surnames Tang
      Táng (surname)
      Tang , is a Chinese surname. The three languages also have the surname with the same character but different pronunciation/romanization . In Korean, it is usually Romanized also as Dang. In Japanese, the surname is often Romanized as To...

       (唐 and 湯/汤) transliterated based on Cantonese
    • The Chinese surnames (佟, 童 and 仝) transliterated based on Mandarin

People

  • Amy Tong
    Amy Tong
    Amy Y. Tong is a female judoka from the United States. She competed for her native North American country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Tong won a bronze medal in the Women's Half-Heavyweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games. Tong was affiliated with the San Jose State...

     (born 1977), American judoka
  • Pete Tong
    Pete Tong
    Peter "Pete" Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for...

    , a dance music DJ and radio presenter
  • Rona Tong
    Rona Tong
    Rona McCarthy was a New Zealand track and field athlete who competed at the 1938 British Empire Games where she won the bronze medal in the women's 80 m hurdles. At the same Games she also placed 5th in heat 1 of the women's 100 yards.-References:...

    , New Zealand athlete
  • Tong Khagan, a 7th century Turkish khagan

Places

Tong
  • Tong, Lewis, a village in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
  • Tong, Shropshire
    Tong, Shropshire
    Tong is a village in Shropshire in England. It is near junction 3 of the M54 motorway near Albrighton.The village is remarkable mainly for its church, St Bartholomews, outside of which is the supposed grave of Little Nell, a fictional character in Charles Dickens book, The Old Curiosity Shop...

    , a village in Shropshire, England
  • Tong (ward), part of Bradford, England
  • Tong Forge, a village in Staffordshire, England
  • Tong, South Sudan, a town in Warrup State (also spelled Tonj)
  • Tong District
    Tong District
    Tong is a raion of Issyk Kul Province in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan. The capital lies at Bokonbayevo.. Tong District borders Issyk Kul District to the north-west, Jeti-Oguz District to the south and south-east, Kochkor District to the south-west, Naryn District to the south, Kemin District to the...

    , a district in Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan

Tonge
  • Tonge, Kent
    Tonge, Kent
    Tonge is a village near Sittingbourne in Kent, England.Local history has it that a man wished to wed the daughter of a local chief and as a wedding gift, the chief, not approving the marriage, granted the man as much land as could be held in a bulls hide. The man, being crafty, cut the hide into...

    , England
  • Tonge, Leicestershire, England

informal
  • Tongland (gang area), a name for the Calton area of Glasgow - named for a local gang, the Calton Tongs.

Other

  • A customary unit of area equal to 50×60 sana lamjel
    Sana lamjel
    Sana lamjel was a customary unit of length used in the erstwhile kingdom of Manipur, now a state of India. The unit of length, defined by the ruler of the kingdom, Nongda Lairen Pakhangpa in 33 CE, being equal to the distance from the floor to the tips of the fingers of his raised right hand while...

     (1 pari) in Manipur, India. 32 tong equalled 1 pari
  • A word used as a pun on "song" in the album Sung Tongs
    Sung Tongs
    Sung Tongs is the fifth album by Baltimore-based band Animal Collective, released on May 3, 2004 by Fat Cat Records.Despite the name 'Animal Collective' attached to this album, only two of the band's four members play on it: Avey Tare and Panda Bear . As a result, Sung Tongs is a more...


See also

  • Tongs
    Tongs
    Tongs are used for gripping and lifting tools, of which there are many forms adapted to their specific use. Some are merely large pincers or nippers, but the greatest number fall into three classes:...

    , a tool for picking things up
  • Tongue (disambiguation)
    Tongue (disambiguation)
    Tongue most generally refers to the muscle on the floor of the mouth. By analogy or other figure of speech it can also refer to:*Part of a shoe that covers the foot underneath the laces*Part of a trailer tow hitch attachment...

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