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Definition of Pasang
1. Noun. Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns.
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Genus Oryx
Specialized synonyms: Gemsbok, Gemsbuck, Oryx Gazella
2. Noun. Wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasang
Literary usage of Pasang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"Punning-punning is the generic appellation of the Oaks in Malay ; in the Rejang
dialect they are called pasang. ..."
2. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary (romanized) by Richard James Wilkinson (1908)
"III. sakit pasang-pasang, hydrocele. IV. putting into working order, motion, or
use; to light (a lamp) ; to harness ..."
3. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"Ka. ; (Mal. pasang) ; tê-hol, Sen. Cliff. [? cf. В 465]. 87. ... Jar. And., Sem.
Jur. Rob. ; (passing), Sem. Jur. New. [Mai. pasang]. 90. ..."
4. Detained in China and Tibet: A Directory of Political and Religious Prisoners by Robin Munro, Mickey Spiegel, Asia Watch Committee (U.S.) (1994)
"pasang DAWA, a 20-year-old native of Lhasa, arrested in 1989 and sentenced to
... pasang TSERING, a 19-year- old student from Lhasa, arrested on March 7, ..."
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