Zong

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Zong (surname)

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Borrowed from Chinese 宗 (Zōng).

• IPA^(key): /tsʊŋ/, /zɔŋ/

Zong (plural Zongs)

1. A surname from Chinese.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zong is the 46487^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 458 individuals. Zong is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (79.48%) and White (17.25%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zong”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

• IPA^(key): /tsoŋ/

Zong f (plural Zonge, diminutive Zöngelche or Zengelche)

1. (most dialects) tongue

   Küss de met der Zong bes an de Nas?

   Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

From Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡soŋ/
• Rhymes: -oŋ

Zong f (plural Zongen)

1. tongue