Tang

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Tang or TANG may refer to:

Chinese name

• Tang Dynasty (唐朝) of China which reigned from 618 – 907 AD.
• Tang of Shang (湯), the Shang dynasty ruler, who lived around 1660 BCE
  
  
• A transliteration of Chinese family names such as:
  

- 唐 (Pinyin táng), as in the Tang Dynasty, (but the clan name is more ancient)
- 湯 (Pinyin tāng), as in the Tang of Shang.
- 鄧 or 邓 (Pinyin dèng), as in Deng Xiao Ping (see Tang Clan)
- 滕 (Pinyin téng)

• Tang Clan of Hong Kong, the first inhabitants to leave China and settle in Hong Kong.
• "Tang flour", a wheat flour used in Chinese cooking. Also called wheat starch
• Tang Yan, (of the 唐 clan), a famous Chinese actress and entertainer

Fish and related US warships

• Tang (fish)
• US submarines called for the fish, including
  • USS Tang (SS-306), a United States Navy Balao class submarine that served briefly in World War II before being sunk by one of its own torpedoes
  • A Tang class submarine of the United States Navy
  • USS Tang (SS-563) the lead ship of that class

Places

• Tang, County Westmeath, a village in Ireland
• Tang, North Yorkshire, a settlement in England

Acronyms

• Texas Air National Guard
• Tennessee Air National Guard
• Transcendental argument for the non-existence of God

Other

• Tang (drink), a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks from the 1950s to the present
• Tang (weaponry), a projecting element connecting a knife or sword blade to the handle

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