Definition of "Fang"

Fang¹

/ˈfæŋ/

noun
plural only
1. A people of western Africa.
proper noun
1. The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
2. A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.

Fang²

proper noun
1. A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
  Quotations
  Many valuable medicines are produced in Hupei, particularly in the Shih-nan Prefecture and in the Fang and Hsing-shan districts.
  1907, Report for the Year 1907 on the Chemical, Metal and Mining Industries of the Consular District of Lyons‎, page 23
  FANG COUNTY HYDROELECTRICITY--This year the people in Fang County have developed 135 small hydroelectric power stations with a total installed[...]
  1978, Translations on People's Republic of China‎, numbers 471-479
  After parting with his brothers, Wang Yü-yang journeyed on the southwest road and came to a small town nestled in the rural region of Fang County.
  1990, Eva Wong, transl., Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China‎, Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, page 110
  “Its speed was very fast, but it was walking, not running,” Yuan said. As the creature ranged across a mountain in Fang county, bordering the Shennongjia Forestry District, “it walked faster than a human ran”.
  2018 August 26, Laurie Chen, “Dreamers, crackpots or realists? The diehards on the trail of China’s ‘Bigfoot’”, in South China Morning Post‎, archived from the original on 25 August 2018‎
  Hubei Sanxin Biotechnology Co., LTD, located in Fang County, Shiyan City, has developed a series of traditional Chinese medicine [from] Polygonum Cuspidatum, including "yellow bud stem" vegetables, resveratrol extract, emodin extract, and crude Polygonum cuspidatum extract and so on.
  2019, Na Li, Ni Yan, “Present Situation and Development Suggestions of Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry in Hubei Province”, in 2019 4th International Conference on Education and Social Development (ICESD 2019)‎, page 147
  Now, the Fang County government is trying “incentives,” according to a statement posted Saturday on its website. People who report their own fevers will receive 1,000 renminbi, the equivalent of $143 — a few days’ salary for the average Hubei resident.
  2020 March 12, “Deaths in China Surpass Toll From SARS”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 21 May 2020, Asia Pacific‎
2. A surname from Mandarin

Definition of "Fang"

Fang1

noun

proper noun

Fang2

proper noun

Quotations

Fang¹

Fang²