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Definition of kiang in English: kiangnoun kɪˈaŋkēˈäNG An animal of a large race of the Asian wild ass with a thick furry coat, native to the Tibetan plateau. 西藏野驴 Equus hemionus kiang, family Equidae; sometimes treated as a separate species. Compare with onager, kulan Example sentencesExamples - But the number of wild animal species began to drop from the early 1980s, with Tibetan antelopes and wild kiangs in danger of extinction.
- The following day, after finding an unmapped spring where we are able to water the camels, we cross a mountain pass into yet another seemingly endless plain, where we see more wild camels, wild sheep, and kiangs.
- In some villages of Nyalam County, bharals and kiangs ate 40 percent of highland barley each year.
- A man from Nyima County told us that the number of kiangs in the county reached 400,000-500,000.
- The range of kiangs overlap with the pasture of some nomads at the southern part of the reserve.
OriginMid 19th century: from Tibetan kyang. Rhymesbang, Battambang, bhang, clang, Da Nang, dang, fang, gang, hang, harangue, Kuomintang, Kweiyang, Laing, Luang Prabang, meringue, Nanchang, Pahang, pang, parang, Penang, prang, Pyongyang, rang, sang, satang, Shang, shebang, Shenyang, slambang, slang, spang, sprang, Sturm und Drang, tang, thang, trepang, twang, vang, whang, Xizang, yang, Zaozhuang Definition of kiang in US English: kiangnounkēˈäNG An animal of a large race of the Asian wild ass with a thick furry coat, native to the Tibetan plateau. 西藏野驴 Equus hemionus kiang, family Equidae; sometimes treated as a separate species. Compare with onager Example sentencesExamples - The following day, after finding an unmapped spring where we are able to water the camels, we cross a mountain pass into yet another seemingly endless plain, where we see more wild camels, wild sheep, and kiangs.
- The range of kiangs overlap with the pasture of some nomads at the southern part of the reserve.
- A man from Nyima County told us that the number of kiangs in the county reached 400,000-500,000.
- In some villages of Nyalam County, bharals and kiangs ate 40 percent of highland barley each year.
- But the number of wild animal species began to drop from the early 1980s, with Tibetan antelopes and wild kiangs in danger of extinction.
OriginMid 19th century: from Tibetan kyang. |