Xiong

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Xiong has several meanings:

  • Xiong (Hmong) is the English spelling (especially in the United States) of one of the 18 "clans" of Hmongs
  • Xiong is also one spelling for a particular subdivision of the Mongol armies that invaded and subjugated southern and western Asia, as well as parts of eastern Europe, in the latter part of the first millennium AD. See Huns.
  • Xiong is the pinyin Romanization of any one of several Chinese (Hanzi) characters. Some corresponding English meanings are "fierce", "elder brother", "chest", "heroic", "bear" and "to scold".
  • Xióng (熊, Wade-Giles Hsiung) is a Chinese surname, one of the earliest family names.
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