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Ouyang

Ouyang proper noun: a surname from Chinese.

Proper noun

Ouyang (plural Ouyangs)

  1. A surname from Chinese.
    • In the eighth month of the year, Ou-yang was exiled to Ch'u-chou prefecture in eastern-central Anhui, where he was to remain until early in 1048 when he became Prefect of Yang-chou.[1976, Jonathan Chaves, “Life”, in Mei Yao-chʻen and the Development of Early Sung Poetry, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24

Forms of Ouyang

pluralOuyangs

Origin of Ouyang

From Mandarin 歐陽 /欧阳 (Ōuyáng).

Questions about Ouyang

What does Ouyang mean?
Ouyang means a surname from Chinese.
What part of speech is Ouyang?
Ouyang is a proper noun.

Words near Ouyang in the dictionary

  1. ouvrierist
  2. ouvrierists
  3. ouvriers
  4. ouvrière
  5. Ouweleen
  6. Ouyang
  7. Ouyangs
  8. Ouyen
  9. Ouyong
  10. ouze
  11. ouzel

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