Chang may refer to:
People
Surname
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Chang (surname)
Chang () is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the Chinese surname (''Cháng''). It was listed 80th among the Song Dynasty, Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames''.
"Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surname ...
, the romanization of several separate Chinese surnames
* Chang or
Jang (Korean name)
Jang, Chang and (less often) Zang are romanizations of the common Korean surname . As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 1,021,107 people by this name in South Korea or 2.05% of the population.
Romanization
In a study by the Nationa ...
, romanizations of the Korean surname
Given name
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Chang Bunker
Chang Bunker and Eng Bunker (May 11, 1811 – January 17, 1874) were Siamese-American conjoined twin brothers whose fame propelled the expression " Siamese twins" to become synonymous for conjoined twins in general. They were widely exhibited as ...
() (1811–1874), one of the original Siamese twins
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Liu Chang (disambiguation) Liu Chang may refer to:
* Liu Chang (Huainan) 刘长 (c.199–174 BC), son of Emperor Gaozu of Han
* Liu Chang (Southern Han) 劉鋹 (942–980), fourth and last emperor of the Southern Han
* Liu Chang (tennis) 刘畅 (born 1990), Chinese tennis ...
* Chang, the younger brother in the children's book ''
Tikki Tikki Tembo
''Tikki Tikki Tembo'' is a 1968 picture book written by Arlene Mosel and illustrated by Blair Lent. The book tells the story of a Chinese boy with a long name who falls into a well. It is a sort of origin myth about why Chinese names are so sho ...
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Chang (Star Trek)
General Chang is a fictional character from the '' Star Trek'' fictional universe who was portrayed by Christopher Plummer as the central antagonist in '' Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'', a feature film released in 1991.
In ''The Un ...
, a Klingon general from the film ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country''
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Chang Koehan
''The King of Fighters'' fighting game series, produced by SNK, includes a wide cast of characters, some of which are taken from other SNK games. The story takes place in a fictional universe in which an annual series of 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 fightin ...
, a Korean character from ''The King of Fighters''
* Benjamin Chang, a Chinese character from ''
Community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...
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Pseudonym
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Chang (director)
Yoon Hong-seung (born 1975), who also goes by the pseudonym Chang, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. A former music video director, Chang debuted with the Korean horror film '' Death Bell'' in 2008. His second feature '' The Targ ...
(born Yoon Hong-seung, 1975), a South Korean film director
Ethnography
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Chang Naga
Chang is a Naga ethnic group of Nagaland, India. It is one of the recognized Scheduled Tribes.
The tribe was also known as Mazung in British India. Other Naga ethnic groups know the Changs by different names including ''Changhai'' ( Khiamniunga ...
, a tribe of Tuensang in Nagaland, India
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Chang language
Chang (Changyanguh), or Mochungrr, is a Northern Naga language of northeastern India. It is spoken in 36 villages of Tuensang District in east-central Nagaland
Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is b ...
, spoken by the Chang Naga
Places
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Chang, Bhiwani
Chang is a village in Bhiwani district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies approximately north east of the district headquarters town of Bhiwani
Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, Bh ...
, a village in the Indian state of Haryana
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Chang, Iran
Chang ( fa, چنگ, also Romanized as Chenag) is a village in Dezhgan Rural District, in the Central District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Pers ...
, a village in Hormozgan Province of Iran
Other uses
* Chang, chaang, or
chhaang
Chhaang or chhyang (, ne, छ्याङ, new, थो:) is a Nepalese and Tibetan alcoholic beverage also popular in parts of the eastern Himalayas, Yakkha, Limbu, Dura, Newar, Sunuwar, Rai, Gurung, Magar, Sherpa, Tamang and Lepcha comm ...
, a traditional alcoholic barley drink of Tibet
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Chang (Thai beer)
Thai Beverage, better known as ThaiBev ( th, ไทยเบฟ) (), is Thailand's largest and one of Southeast Asia's largest beverage companies, with distilleries in Thailand, UK, and China. It is owned by Thai Chinese billionaire business ma ...
, a Thai brand of beer by ThaiBev
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''Chang'' (film), a 1927 film
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Chang (roller coaster)
Green Lantern, formerly known as Chang, is a stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. ''Green Lantern'' stands tall and features a top speed of . The ride features five inversions and a ...
, a roller coaster formerly at Kentucky Kingdom
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Chang (instrument)
The chang ( fa, چنگ; ; tr, çeng; ar, al-ǧank, italic=yes (''ṣanǧ''); Georgian: ჩანგი ''changi'') is a Persian musical instrument, a vertical angular harp. It was very popular and used widely during the times of ancient Pers ...
, a Persian harp
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Chang (creature)
The ''chang'' ( zh, t=倀, s=伥) is a kind of ghost in ancient Chinese legend
Chinese mythology () is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature in the geographic area now known as Greater China. Chinese my ...
, the ghost of a person eaten by a tiger in ancient Chinese legend
* Chang, or Chinese chang, an alternative name for the
fangxiang
The ''fangxiang'' (also ''fang xiang'', ''fang hsiang''; 方 响 or 方 響 in Chinese, pinyin: fāngxiǎng; also known in the West as the Chinese chang) is an organized-suspended (bianxuan) Chinese metallophone that has been used for over 1, ...
, a type of metallophone
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Chang Arena
The Buriram Stadium (known for sponsorship purposes as Chang Arena) is a 32,600-seat football stadium in Buriram, Thailand. The stadium is the home of Thailand's 2011, 2013, and 2015 treble champions, Buriram United. Chang Arena is the larges ...
, a football stadium in Buriram, Thailand
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Chang number In mathematics, the Chang number of an irreducible representation of a simple complex Lie algebra is its dimension modulo 1 + ''h'', where ''h'' is the Coxeter number. Chang numbers are named after , who rediscovered an element of order ' ...
in mathematics
* ''Chang'' or ''
zhàng
The zhang ( zh, c= ) is a customary Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chi (Chinese feet). Its value varied over time and place with different values of the chi, although it was occasionally standardized. In 1915, the Republic of China set it equ ...
'', a Chinese customary unit of length
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Chang dance
Chang dance (Hindi: चंग नृत्य) is a folk dance from Rajasthan, India. It is also referred to ''Dhamal'', ''dhuff'' dance,, and as ''Holi dance'' as it is performed during the Hindu festival of the same name (Holi) to celebrate ...
, a folk dance in India
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Chang International Circuit
The Buriram International Circuit (known as Chang International Circuit (ช้าง อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล เซอร์กิต) for commercial purposes, but listed by its non-commercial name because of alcohol ...
, a motorsport race track in Buriram, Thailand
See also
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Chang'e (disambiguation)
Chang'e is a Chinese moon goddess.
Chang'e may also refer to:
* Chang'e program, China's Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP):
** Chang'e 1, the first CLEP lunar orbiter, launched on 24 October 2007
** Chang'e 2, the second CLEP orbiter, lau ...
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