Tang

Tang or TANG may refer to:

Food

• Tang (drink), a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks
• Guk, soup or stew in Korean cuisine, sometimes known as "tang"

Chinese states and dynasties

• Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) before 8th century BC
• Tang dynasty (唐; 618–907), major Chinese dynasty
• Later Tang (唐; 923–937), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
• Southern Tang (唐; 937–975), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Places

• Tang, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran
• Tang, Badakhshan, a village in Afghanistan
• Tang, Bhutan, a village in Bumthang District, Bhutan
• Tang, County Westmeath, a village in Ireland
• Tang, North Yorkshire, a settlement in England
• Tang, Shanghai (唐镇), a town in Pudong, Shanghai, China
• Tang, Sistan and Baluchesstan, a village in Sistan and Baluchesstan Province, Iran
• Tang, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
• Tang County (唐县), Baoding, Hebei, China
• Tang Gonda, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Tang Julan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Tang-e Rashid, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Tang-e Zirgol Bardar, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran

People

• Tang (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames, including:
  • Táng (surname) (唐)
  • Tāng (surname) (湯/汤)
  • Deng (surname) (鄧/邓)
  • Teng (surname) (滕)
• Tang of Shang (湯; c. 1675 – 1646 BC), first king of the Shang Dynasty
• Tang Chinese, used in southern China to refer to the Han Chinese
• Tang Clan (鄧族) of Hong Kong, among the first inhabitants to settle in Hong Kong

Acronyms

• Tennessee Air National Guard
• Texas Air National Guard
• Texas Army National Guard

Warships

• US submarines named after the fish, including
  • Tang-class submarine of the United States Navy
    • USS Tang (SS-563), the lead ship of that class
  • 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
• Type 096 submarine Tang class of the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China

Other uses

• Tang (clevis), part of a clevis fastener or joint
• Tang (weaponry), a projecting element connecting a knife or sword blade to the handle
• Tape measure tang, the hook at the end of a tape measure
• Acanthuridae, a family of marine fish known as tangs
• BYD Tang, a car