noun · rare

jong

jong · jongs

A Tibetan building which makes up a prefectureA Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.

UK/dʒɒŋ/US/dʒɔŋ/

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Meaning

2 senses

A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
(South Africa, slang)A friendly term of address, especially for a young man.

More definitions

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I'm trying mah-jong for the first time.
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Kim Jong Un is a dictator.
deKim Jong-un ist ein Diktator.
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Is Kim Jong ill or is Kim Jong OK?
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Is Kim Jong ill or is Kim Jong okay?
deIst Kim Jong krank oder ist Kim Jong in Ordnung?
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Next year, Ann and Jong will have been married for 30 years!
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From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”). Borrowed from Afrikaa

From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”).

Borrowed from Afrikaans jong (“male servant; boy”), from Dutch jongen (“young”).

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plural: jongs

Singular	jong
Plural	jongs

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