noun
wong
wong
noun
1
A field or open piece of land (an old, mostly historical word).
"The old charter described a wong of pasture beyond the village."
name
1
A common Chinese surname, from Cantonese.
"Her name was Wong, a family that had lived in the city for three generations."
How to Use Wong
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishRarely used to mean a field; far more commonly encountered today as a Chinese surname.
Word Forms
wonged past tense, wongs plural, wongs plural, wongs plural, Wongs plural, wongs singular
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Etymology
From Old English wong/wang, meaning "a flat surface or plain," related to Danish vang.