Tang or TANG most often refers to: * Tang dynasty *

Tang (drink mix) Tang is an American drink mix brand that was formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell and General Foods Corporation chemist William Bruce James in 1957, and first marketed in powdered form in 1959. The Tang bra ...

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Chinese states and dynasties

Jin (Chinese state) Jin (, Old Chinese: ''*''), originally known as Tang (唐), was a major state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dynasty: the southern part ...

(11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) before 8th century BC * Tang dynasty (唐; 618–907), a major Chinese dynasty * Later Tang (唐; 923–937), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period * Southern Tang (唐; 937–975), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Food

, a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks, produced by Mondelēz International * Guk, soup or stew in Korean cuisine, sometimes known as "tang"

Places

Europe

* Tang, County Westmeath, a village in Ireland * Tang, North Yorkshire, a settlement in England

Asia

Tang, Ardabil Tang ( fa, تنگ) is a village in Ani Rural District, in the Central District (Germi County), Central District of Germi County, Ardabil Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 187, in 42 families. References

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, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran *

Tang, Badakhshan Tang تنگ is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan. See also *Badakhshan Province Badakhshan Province (Persian/ Uzbek: , ''Badaxšān'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part o ...

, a village in Afghanistan * Tang, a village in

Bumthang District Bumthang District (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Bum-thang rzong-khag'') is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and sacred s ...

, Bhutan * Tang (唐镇), a town in Pudong, Shanghai, China *

Tang, Sistan and Baluchesstan Bandar-e Tang ( fa, بندرتنگ, also Romanized as Bandar Tang; also known as Bandar-e Tank, Bandar Tānk, Tang, and Tānk) is a village in Kahir Rural District, in the Central District of Konarak County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. ...

, a village in Sistan and Baluchesstan Province, Iran * Tang County (唐县), Baoding, Hebei, China *

Tang Gonda Tang Gonda ( fa, تنگ گندا, also Romanized as Tang Gondā) is a village in Kushk Rural District, Abezhdan District, Andika County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Pe ...

, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *

Tang Julan Tang Julan ( fa, تنگ جولان, also Romanized as Tang Jūlān) is a village in Kushk Rural District, Abezhdan District, Andika County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also calle ...

, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *

Tang-e Rashid Tang-e Rashid ( fa, تنگ رشيد, also Romanized as Tang-e Rashīd) is a village in Susan-e Gharbi Rural District, Susan District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ca ...

, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Tang-e Zirgol Bardar, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran

People

Surnames

* Táng (surname) (唐), romanized as ''Tang'' * Tāng (surname) (湯/汤), romanized as ''Tang'' *

Deng (surname) Deng may refer to: * Deng (company), is a Danish engineering, electrical, solar power and sales company in Accra, Ghana * Deng (state), an ancient Chinese state * Deng (Chinese surname), originated from the state ** Deng Xiaoping, paramount lea ...

(鄧/邓), sometimes romanized as ''Tang'' * Teng (surname) (滕), rarely romanized as ''Tang''

Other people

* Tang of Shang (湯; – 1646 BC), first king of the Shang Dynasty * Tang Chinese, used in southern China to refer to the Han Chinese * Tang Clan (鄧族) of Hong Kong, among the first inhabitants to settle in Hong Kong

Ships

* US submarines named after the fish, including ** of the United States Navy *** , the lead ship of that class ** , a United States Navy ''Balao''-class submarine that served briefly in World War II before being sunk by one of its own torpedoes * Type 096 submarine ''Tang'' class of the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China

Other uses

* Tang (clevis), part of a clevis fastener or joint * Tang (fish), ''Acanthuridae'', a family of marine fish * Tang (tools), a projecting element connecting the blade or operational part of a knife or other tool to the handle * Tang sight, a rear sight attached to a rifle tang * Tape measure, tang, the hook at the end of a tape measure * BYD Tang, a car * Tang, a fish in the American television series '' FishCenter Live'' * Tang, in

beekeeping Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made beehives. Honey bees in the genus '' Apis'' are the most-commonly-kept species but other honey-producing bees such as ''Melipona'' stingless bees are also kept. ...

, to make sharp, metallic, ringing sounds so as to attract bees to a land in a trap or hive.

Acronyms

Tennessee Air National Guard The Tennessee Air National Guard (TN ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Tennessee, United States of America. It is, along with the Tennessee Army National Guard, an element of the Tennessee National Guard. As state militia units, the units ...

* Texas Air National Guard *

Texas Army National Guard The Texas Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army, the United States National Guard and the Texas Military Forces (along with the Texas Air National Guard and the Texas State Guard). Texas Army National Guard units are train ...