Song en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- so͝ong
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (Sòng).
Meanings
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(historical) A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan.
Up until the Song dynasty (960 to 1279 A.D.), it was the case that, like in the West, each person would get their own meal.
2017 August 29, Sabine Peschel (kbm), “What the Chinese think of German food”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2017, Lifestyle:A 1,000-year-old bowl from China's Song Dynasty sold at auction for $37.7 million on Tuesday, breaking the record for Chinese porcelain, auction house Sotheby's said. The small piece -- which dates from 960-1127 -- broke the previous record of $36.05 million set in 2014 for a Ming Dynasty wine cup which was sold to a Shanghai tycoon.
2017 October 3, “Bowl sells for Chinese porcelain record $37.7 million: Sotheby's”, in France 24, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2017, Live news:The brightest supernova in your Milky Way galaxy to be visible from Earth was seen and recorded by the Chinese during the Song Dynasty on the 4th of July in A.D. 1054.
2025, Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Stars, Near & Far”, in Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century (Science / Astronomy), Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90:
- (historical) A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China.
- (historical) The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned.
- A surname from Chinese.
- A river in China; any of various minor rivers in China.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sung | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Soong | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Songjiang (Chinese rivers) · Song Jiang (Chinese rivers)
Translations (15)
cmn 宋朝 (Chinese Kingdom) · ja 宋朝 (Chinese Dynasty & Era) · ta சொங் (Chinese Dynasty & Era) · ta சொங் (Chinese Kingdom) · vi Tống (Chinese Surname) · cmn 松 (Chinese Surname) · vi nhà Tống (Chinese Dynasty & Era) · cmn 宋 (Chinese Kingdom) · cmn 宋朝 (Chinese Dynasty & Era) · cmn 鬆 /松 (Chinese Surname) · yue 宋朝 (Chinese Dynasty & Era) · lt Sungai (Chinese Dynasty & Era) · cmn 宋 (Chinese Surname) · ta சொங் (Chinese Surname) · vi Tống (Chinese Kingdom)