Meanings
proper nounOuyang (plural Ouyangs)
plural Ouyangs
- 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
Origin
- Mandarin歐陽 /欧阳
- EnglishOuyang
From Mandarin 歐陽 /欧阳 (Ōuyáng).
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