Meaning of ming | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mixture.
   Ireland, UK
2. Destiny, fate.
   uncountable
3. A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing (Ching).
4. A member of the Ming dynasty.
   countable
5. The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.
   UK, obsolete
6. A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China (China proper), as well as parts of Russia and northern Vietnam
7. The pottery of the Ming era, famed for its high quality.
   uncountable
8. The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned
9. A surname.
10. A male or female given name.

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Examples

“17 September 1811, [Description of] Counterpart of Demise from John Thorold to John Wilson of Grantham, Lincolnshire Archives, Ref. Thor 1/2/ZA25/4 Published by The National Archives, Accessed 19 June 2022. Property: 1. 6 acres of land in ming with a meadow of Glebe land of the rectory of Grayingham.”

“CHWEN, King of Korea, having by his Ambaſſadors paid Homage to the Emperor Hong-vû, Founder of the Ming Dynaſty in 1368, was, by that Monarch, created King of Kau-li, preſented with a Silver Seal, and veſted with the ancient Privileges of ſacrificing to the Gods of the Rivers and Mountains of Korea.”

“The Comet of 1385 was discovered in China by the astronomers of the Ming dynasty, on October 23 (period Houng-wou eighteenth year, ninth moon, day Wou-yn): it was then on the borders of Thai-wei (a constellation of stars in Leo and Virgo, surrounding β Leonis); it touched β Virginis, and left Thai-wei by what the Chinese termed the "great gate," i.e. between β and n Virginis.”

“When Koxinga, the Ming Dynasty loyalist who drove the Dutch colonists from Taiwan in 1661, ending an occupation that had laster 37 years, Taipei was nonexistent.”

“Only 8.2 percent of the wall, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is maintained properly, according to a study by the China Great Wall Society, an organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of the Wall.”

“Among Professor Spence’s most ambitious books was “The Search for Modern China,” which made The New York Times’s best-seller list and is now a standard text. It took an 876-page view of China’s history from the decline of the Ming dynasty in the 1600s to the democracy movement of 1989.”

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