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- Wang (surname)Wang (surname)Wang is a Chinese family name and one of the most common surnames in the world. It is ranked 8th in the Hundred Family Surnames, and first in the People's Republic of China's National Citizen ID Information System . Wang is ranked as the most common surname in mainland China, with 92.88 million...
, one of two surnames with distinct Chinese characters. - Titles in Chinese nobilityChinese nobilityChinese sovereignty and peerage, the nobility of China, were an important feature of traditional social and political organization of Imperial China. While the concepts of hereditary sovereign and peerage titles and noble families were featured as early as the semi-mythical, early historical...
- A title in Korean nobilityKorean nobilityKorean monarchy and native nobility existed in Korea until the end of the Japanese occupation. In Imperial Korea, nobles continued to hold noble titles, which included che, wang and kun.-Original titles:...
- A title in Mongolian nobilityMongolian nobilityThe Mongolian nobility arose in the 10-12th centuries, became prominent in the 13th century, and essentially governed Mongolia until the early 20th century....
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- Wang RiverWang RiverThe Wang River is a river in northern Thailand.-Geography:The Wang River is altogether 335nsnp;km long. Its waters flow from north to south. One of the principal settlements along the river is Lampang, which is situated on the north bank of a curve in the river. From Lampang, the river extends...
in Thailand - Wang Township, MinnesotaWang Township, MinnesotaWang Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States named for Vang i Valdres, Norway . The population was 299 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
, a township in the United States - Wang, BavariaWang, BavariaWang is a municipality in the district of Freising in Bavaria in Germany.-Archaeology:Wang is home to a large Neolithic Archaeological site with up to six phases of occupation. It was first excavated by Jens Luning in the 1980s where several intercutting periods came to pass...
, a town in the district of Freising, Bavaria, Germany - Wang, AustriaWang, AustriaWang is a municipality in the district of Scheibbs in Lower Austria, Austria....
, a town in the district of Scheibbs in Lower Austria - An abbreviation for the town of Wangaratta, VictoriaWangaratta, VictoriaWangaratta is a cathedral city of almost 17,000 people in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, about from Melbourne along the Hume Highway, with Benalla to the southwest, and Albury-Wodonga to the northeast. It is located at the junction of the Ovens and King rivers which flow from the...
, Australia
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- Wang (Tibetan Buddhism), a form of empowerment or initiation
- Wang (musical)Wang (musical)Wang is a musical with music by Woolson Morse and book and lyrics by J. Cheever Goodwin. It was first produced in New York in 1891 by DeWolf Hopper and his company and featured Della Fox....
, an 1891 New York musical - Wang Film ProductionsWang Film ProductionsWang Film Productions is one of the oldest and most prolific Taiwanese animation studios...
- Wang LaboratoriesWang LaboratoriesWang Laboratories was a computer company founded in 1951 by Dr. An Wang and Dr. G. Y. Chu. The company was successively headquartered in Cambridge , Tewksbury , and finally in Lowell, Massachusetts . At its peak in the 1980s, Wang Laboratories had annual revenues of $3 billion and employed over...
, an American computer company - WANGWANGWANG is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Standards/MOR format to the Havelock, North Carolina, USA area. The station is owned by NextMedia Group and licensed to NM Licensing LLC. WANG is limited to daytime operation only....
, a radio station licensed to Havelock, North Carolina - WLVGWLVGWJVC "My Country 96.1" is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Center Moriches, New York, USA, the station serves the Hamptons-Riverhead area. Its transmitter is located in Manorville, New York. The station is currently owned by JVC Media LLC who acquired the station on...
, a radio station licensed to Havelock, North Carolina formerly known as WANG-FM - Wang, a slang word for PenisPenisThe penis is a biological feature of male animals including both vertebrates and invertebrates...
See also
- Hwang
- Wong (disambiguation)
- Wang Chung (disambiguation)