ling

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Ling may refer to:

• -ling, an English diminutive suffix
• Ling (TCM), a traditional Chinese medicine concept of shamanic power and spirituality
• Ling County, in Shandong, China
• Ling, the legendary Kingdom, ruled by king Gesar, in Mongol-Tibetan myth
• A Chinese synonym of water caltrop (菱)
• A synonym of heather, Calluna vulgaris
• An abbreviation of the word linguistics
• Another form of the Hinduism-related word lingam
• Several species of fish:
  • Burbot, Lota lota
  • Blue ling, Molva dypterygia
  • Cobia, Rachycentron canadum
  • Common ling, Molva molva
  • Pink cusk-eel, Genypterus blacodes
  • Red hake, Urophycis chuss
• The romanized rendering of the Tibetan term for "monastery"

People with the family name Ling

• Cameron Ling, an Australian rules footballer
• David Ling, professional ice hockey player
• James Ling, founder of Ling-Temco-Vought
• Jason Ling, American Technologist and Mobile/Social Networking Pioneer
• Laura Ling, American journalist, sister of Lisa Ling
• Lisa Ling, American journalist, sister of Laura Ling
• Martin Ling, an English football manager
• Pehr Henrik Ling, Swedish medical-gymnastic practitioner

Fictional characters

• Bàba and Māma Ling, Francine Smith's Chinese adoptive parents from American Dad!
• Gwen Ling, Francine Smith's adoptive sister who is frequently mentioned but remains as an unseen character from American Dad!
• Ling Bouvier, a fictional character from The Simpsons
• Ling-Ling, a character on the animated series Drawn Together
• Ling Woo, a fictional character from Ally McBeal
• Ling Xiaoyu, a fictional character from the Tekken series
• Ling, a fictional character from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice
• Ling (sometimes spelled "Lin") Yao, a character from the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist and its 2009 anime adaption Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

See also

• Linga (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with Ling

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