kiang

noun

1. A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau.

name

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of Jiang.
2. (obsolete)Synonym of Yangtze, the chief river of central China.

   “The series of these great events began in the year 1333, fifteen years before the plague broke out in Europe: they first appeared in China. Here a parching drought, accompanied by famine, commenced in the tract of country watered by the rivers Kiang and Hoai.”

   “There the word Singui refers both to a province in eastern Asia and a city within the province. The province was described as economically important because of its vast production of salt, as well as fine rhubarb and ginger. The city itself, whose name Polo says means “City of the Earth,” is situated near the river Kiang (Yangtze), “which is the largest river in the world,” and was described as having a river port that made it a place of great commerce.”

3. A surname from Chinese.