Kiang

== English == === Etymology 1 === A romanization of various Mandarin words rendered jiāng, jiáng, jiǎng, or jiàng in pinyin and particularly used for Chinese 江 (Jiāng, “The River”), frequently used in Chinese in specific reference to the Yangtze. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kjɑŋ/, /kjæŋ/, /kiˈɑŋ/, /kiˈæŋ/ ==== Proper noun ==== Kiang Obsolete form of Jiang. (obsolete) Synonym of Yangtze, the chief river of central China. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kiang. === Etymology 2 === Variant of Jiang. ==== Proper noun ==== Kiang (plural Kiangs) A surname from Chinese. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Kiang is the 41799th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Kiang is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (86.54%) individuals. ==== Further reading ==== Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kiang”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299.