yong

Y4O1N1G2
/jɔŋ/

proper noun

A surname.

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Yongzhou
OriginKorean 용(龍) →
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Meanings

yong1

adjectiveyong (comparative yonger, superlative yongest)

comparative yonger · superlative yongest

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of young.

    caused the yong king […]

    1608 (edition), Simon Patericke (translator), Innocent Gentillet (author), A DISCOVRSE VPON THE MEANES OF WEL GOVERNING AND MAINTAINING IN GOOD PEACE, A KINGDOME, OR OTHER PRINCIPALITIE, pages 238 and 250
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    I ſpeake not like a dotard, nor a foole, As vnder priuiledge of age to bragge, What I haue done being yong, or what would doe, Were I not old, […]

    1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature H, verso

Yong2

proper nounYong (plural Yongs)

plural Yongs

  1. A surname.

Yong3

proper noun
  1. historicalSynonym of Yongzhou: any of various regions and provinces of ancient and early medieval China.

    Synonyms: Yongzhou

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Yongzhou: any of various regions and provinces of ancient and early medieval China.

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Yongzhou

Origin

Yong · proper noun

  1. Korean용(龍)
  2. EnglishYong

The romanization of various Chinese and Korean surnames, including Mandarin 雍 (Yōng), Cantonese 楊／杨 (joeng4), Hakka 楊／杨 (Yòng), Cantonese 容 (jung4), Korean 용(龍) (Yong), etc.

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Yong · proper noun

  1. Chinese雍州“Harmonious Province”
  2. EnglishYong

The pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 雍州 (Yōngzhōu, “Harmonious Province”).

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APA

yong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yong

MLA

“yong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yong. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yong.

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