Tang or TANG most often refers to: *

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

* Tang (drink mix) Tang or TANG may also refer to:

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 *

(唐; 618–907), a major Chinese dynasty *

Later Tang Tang, known in historiography as the Later Tang, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China and the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history. The first three of the Later Tang's four ...

(唐; 923–937), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period *

Southern Tang Southern Tang () was a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, which proclaimed itself to be the successor of the former Tang dynasty. The capital was located at Nanjing in present-day Jiangsu Province. ...

(唐; 937–975), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Food

* Tang (drink mix), a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks, produced by Mondelēz International *

Guk ''Guk'' (), also sometimes known as ''tang'' (), is a class of soup-like dishes in Korean cuisine. ''Guk'' and ''tang'' are commonly grouped together and regarded as the same type of dish, although ''tang'' can sometimes be less watery than ...

, soup or stew in Korean cuisine, sometimes known as "tang"

Places

Europe

Tang, County Westmeath Tang () is a village and a ''half-parish'' in County Westmeath, on the N55 national secondary road between Athlone and Ballymahon, County Longford. Tang is in the parish of Drumraney. It is in County Westmeath but on the border with County Long ...

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

Asia

* Tang, Ardabil, 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, Bhutan * Tang (唐镇), a town in

Pudong Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...

, Shanghai, China * Tang, Sistan and Baluchesstan, a village in Sistan and Baluchesstan Province, Iran *

Tang County Tang County or Tangxian () is a county under the jurisdiction of Baoding prefecture-level city, in west-central Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions Towns: * Renhou (), Wangjing (), Gaochang Gaochang (; Old ...

(唐县), Baoding, Hebei, China * Tang Gonda, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Tang Julan, 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 ...

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

People

Surnames

Táng (surname) Tang (; Chinese: 唐, mandarin Pinyin: ''Táng''; Japanese: 唐/とう/から; Korean: 당/唐; Cantonese : Tong; old Chinese read Dang), is a Chinese surname. The three languages also have the surname with the same character but different pron ...

(唐), romanized as ''Tang'' *

Tāng (surname) Tāng (; ) is a Chinese surname. It is 72nd surname in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' or ''Baijiaxing'' of the Song dynasty and 101st in modern popularity. The Tang (湯) family name comes from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty. ...

(湯/汤), romanized as ''Tang'' * Deng (surname) (鄧/邓), sometimes romanized as ''Tang'' *

Teng (surname) Teng () is a Chinese surname derived from State of Teng (Imperial clan descendants) in the Western Zhou Dynasty.The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland It is the 73rd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989 ...

(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 The Tang Clan of Hong Kong () is one of the Five Great Clans of the New Territories (). The others are Man ( Wen; 文), Hau ( Hou; 侯), Pang (Peng; 彭) and Liu ( Liao; 廖). The Tangs are one of the region's oldest families and can trace their ...

(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 The Type 096 is a projected class of ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) for China's People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force. The submarine is expected to begin construction in the early 2020s and be armed with the JL-3 SLBM. See also * Peop ...

''Tang'' class of the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China

Other uses

Tang (clevis) A clevis fastener is a two-piece fastener system consisting of a ''clevis'' and a ''clevis pin head''. The clevis is a U-shaped piece that has holes at the end of the prongs to accept the clevis pin. The clevis pin is similar to a bolt, but is ...

, part of a clevis fastener or joint *

Tang (fish) Acanthuridae are the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 extant species of marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs. Many of the species are brightly colored and popular in ...

, ''Acanthuridae'', a family of marine fish *

Tang (tools) A tang or shank is the back portion of the blade component of a tool where it extends into stock material or connects to a handle – as on a knife, sword, spear, arrowhead, chisel, file, coulter, pike, scythe, screwdriver, etc. One can classi ...

, a projecting element connecting the blade or operational part of a knife or other tool to the handle *

Tang sight A tang sight is the rear sight of a pair of iron sights used to aim or align a rifle so the bullet fired will hit the target. The sight is attached to the tang: a steel plate extending toward the butt from a rifle receiver for attachment of the r ...

, a rear sight attached to a rifle tang *

Tape measure A tape measure or measuring tape is a flexible ruler used to measure length or distance. It consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fibre glass, or metal strip with linear measurement markings. It is a common measuring tool. Its design all ...

, tang, the hook at the end of a tape measure *

BYD Tang The BYD Tang is a crossover SUV manufactured by BYD Auto, available as an all-electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid or a conventional ICE vehicle. The vehicle is the second model of BYD's "Dynasty" series passenger vehicles, and gets its name fro ...

, a car * Tang, a fish in the American television series ''

FishCenter Live ''FishCenter Live'' (also shortened to ''FishCenter'' or ''FC Live'' or just ''FCL'') was an American talk show hosted by Dave Bonawits, Andrew Choe, Matt Harrigan, Christina Loranger, and Max Simonet. It premiered on the official website of ...

'' * 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 *

Texas Air National Guard The Texas Air National Guard (TX ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Texas, United States of America. It is, along with the Texas Army National Guard, an element of the Texas National Guard. No element of the Texas Air National Guard is u ...

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 trai ...