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Fang

  (făng, fäng, fäN) pronunciation
n., pl. Fang or Fangs.
  1. A member of a people inhabiting Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Cameroon.
  2. The Bantu language of the Fang.

 
 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Fang

Bantu-speaking peoples of southern Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon. The Fang number about 3.6 million. Under colonial rule they engaged in ivory trading and after World War I in cacao farming. By 1939 much of the population was Christian, but since 1945 syncretistic sects have grown rapidly. The Fang are politically influential, especially in Gabon.

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WordNet: Fang
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon

 
Wikipedia: fang (disambiguation)

Fang may refer to:

  • In mammals, a fang is a canine tooth.
  • A snake's poison-injecting tooth: see snake venom.
  • The Fang people of Central Africa
  • The Fang language spoken by these people.
  • Fang (surname), a common Chinese surname (方), and less common ones (房,防 etc.)
  • Fang (band), a California punk band
  • Plastic Fang, an album by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
  • Amphoe Fang, a district of Chiang Mai province, Thailand

Fictional

  • Fang, the arizona rattlers's mascot a man on a motorcycle
  • Fang, one of Farmer Maggot's dogs in Tolkien's Middle-Earth
  • Fang, a secret agent dog on the television show Get Smart
  • Fang, the pet dog of the television detective Columbo
  • Fang the Sniper, a villain in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
  • Fang (Harry Potter), a pet of Hagrid in the Harry Potter series
  • Fang, one of the main characters in Maximum Ride
  • Fang, Phyllis Diller's comedy routine husband (Phyllis Diller)
  • Fang a character in the Disney animated series Dave The Barbarian.
  • Fangs (movie), a horror movie

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