Hong is the common English spelling of 홍, in hanja , it means "wide" or "big".
4-557: Namyang clan , of the Hong family of Korea Namyang Workers' District , North Korea Namyang Dairy Products , a company based in Seoul Hwaseong, Gyeonggi , South Korea, formerly named Namyang (남양 / 南陽) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Namyang . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-616: Is Namyang clan ( Korean : 남양 홍씨 ; Hanja : 南陽 洪氏 ; RR : Namyang Hongssi ) whose founder was Hong Eun-yeol in the Goryeo Dynasty . Another founder of this clan was Hong Seon-haeng. Thus, the Namyang Hong clan is unique among Korean surnames in that it includes two separate unrelated family lines. All ancestry of Andong 's Pungsan Hong ( Korean : 풍산 홍씨 ; Hanja : 豊山 洪氏 ; RR : Pungsan Hongssi ) may be traced to
12-576: The Hong surname are divided into different patrilineal clans, or lineages, based on their ancestral seat . Most such clans trace their lineage back to a specific founder. This system was at its height under the yangban aristocracy of the Joseon Dynasty , but it remains in use today. There are approximately 241 such clans claimed by South Koreans. Historically, there had been 10 clans known but currently there are four clans remaining. Hong clans include Namyang, Pungsan, Bugye, and Hongju. The biggest clan
16-409: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namyang&oldid=1230162201 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Namyang clan As with all Korean family names, the holders of
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