MING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ming mean? 

• MING (noun)
  The noun MING has 1 sense:

1. the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644

  Familiarity information: MING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Ming; Ming dynasty

Hypernyms ("Ming" is a kind of...):

dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

 Context examples 

"The trick is we choose the right chemicals to turn on these genes we transfer into the egg," Mu-ming Poo told the press.

(Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai, Wikinews)