Hmong

See also: hmong and H'Mông

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From White Hmong Hmoob.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /h(ə)ˈmɒŋ/, /ˈmɒŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔŋ/, /h(ə)ˈmɔŋ/, (also) IPA(key): /ˈmʌŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋ/, /h(ə)ˈmɑŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

Hmong pl (plural only)

  1. A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.

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Proper noun

Hmong

  1. The lect spoken by these people, which is a cluster of a large number of lects which are sometimes considered dialects and sometimes separate languages.

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Adjective

Hmong

  1. Of or relating to the Hmong, their culture, or their lect.

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