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  • noun A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia

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From Persian چنگ

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  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a label chang ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • September 21st, 2005 at 1: 09 am tbolt says: with big brother having vanquished the evil doers in Iraqi the only thing left is for jeb the gloden sword chang an there hord of sheeples is to invade mars!

    Think Progress » Jeb Bush Reveals His “Mystical Warrior” Friend 2005

  • When on the street, they wear what is called the chang-ot; it consists of a long white or green cloak, with green cuffs and collar, cut like a sack.

    Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

  • There is a peculiar ceremony, called "chang'-tu," performed now and then when i'-chu, the small omen bird, visits the pueblo.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • "chang'-an" or "i'-sa chang'-an," "chu'-wa chang'-an," etc. Chi-pa 'is the measure between the tips of the two middle fingers when the arms are extended full length in opposite directions. Chi-wan' si chi-pa 'is half the above measure, or from the tip of the middle finger of one hand, arm extended from side of body, to the sternum.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • _Tho 'chang'd my cloth of gold for amice grey -- _

    Poems Samuel Rogers 1809

  • Tho 'chang'd my cloth of gold for amice grey -- [n]

    Poems Samuel Rogers 1809

  • It doesn't help that "chang" can be pronounced 4 different ways with 4 different meanings.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

  • It doesn't help that "chang" can be pronounced 4 different ways with 4 different meanings.

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2009

  • Cheong Seong-chang, a senior fellow at the Sejong Institute think tank near Seoul, shared the view.

    Kim Jong Un, North Korean Leader's Son, Named Army General AP 2010

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