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Tangut

Tangut

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A member of a medieval people from northwestern China or their extinct language
  • proper noun
  • /ˈtæŋɡʌt/
translation icon : tángut
  • His first target was not the immense Jurchen ruled Jin Dynasty, but its vassal, the Tangut Xia Kingdom.

Examples

  • Genghis Khan's conquest of the Tangut Empire marked a significant expansion of his territory.

  • Because the tribes like the Merkits, the Salkits, the Tanguts and others are too busy fighting amongst themselves, that's why.

    Genghis Khan (1965)

  • His first target was not the immense Churchin ruled Jin Dynasty, but its vassal, the Tangut Shisha Kingdom.

  • The Tangut people built a thriving empire in northwestern China during the medieval period.

  • The Tangut language is no longer spoken, but it was once used in the Western Xia dynasty.

Surface Forms

Tangut main

Etymology

Tangut was the name used in old records for a medieval people who founded the Western Xia state in what is now northwestern China. That's why Tangut can mean the people themselves or the language they once spoke, which is now extinct.