Library / English Dictionary

HMONG

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong

Synonyms:

Hmong; Hmong language; Miao

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

natural language; tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States

Synonyms:

Hmong; Miao

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or related to the Hmong people or their language or their culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Hmong (a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States)

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