Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of any of various Hmong-Mien-speaking peoples of southern China and Southeast Asia, including the Hmong Daw and the Mong.
- noun A person of Hmong ancestry.
- noun Any of the Hmong-Mien languages of spoken by the Hmong.
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- proper noun A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in
diaspora ) around the world. - proper noun The
lect spoken by these people, which is a cluster of a large number oflects which are sometimes considered dialects and sometimes separate languages. - adjective Of or relating to the Hmong, their culture, or their lect.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or related to the Hmong people or their language or their culture
- noun 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
- noun a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And I should point out for those who might be unfamiliar, that Hmong is spelled H-M-O-N-G.
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Chiamee Her is described as Hmong, about 4 feet 10 and weighing about 110 pounds.
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In Minnesota, Dolan's team held 25 town halls this year and crafted public service announcements for radio and television in English, Hmong, Somali and Spanish.
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The terms Hmong (pronounced [m̥ɔ̃ŋ]) and Mong ([mɔ̃ŋ]) refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of southeast Asia.
Swollen Pickles 2009
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Parents and Teachers - Has picture along with sign - Has index in Spanish, Hmong, Vietnamese,
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Parents and Teachers - Has picture along with sign - Has index in Spanish, Hmong, Vietnamese,
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The C.I.A. and the U.S. Air Force reported to the ambassador and, because there were no U.S. ground troops, Vang Pao and the Hmong were the favorite proxy soldiers.
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If the Hmong were a a tribe from Africa, the UW-Madison administration would have folded faster than Superman on laundry day!
The continuing travails over talking about race in the classroom. Ann Althouse 2007
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The Hmong are the mountain peoples of Vietnam, Laos and Southern China. treated as savages by the ruling peoples of Vietnam, they were staunch allies of the US during the Vietnam war and after the fall of South Vietnam in 75, the US accepted a fair number as refugees.
"We have to be very careful. We want professors to speak with what they see as their truths." Ann Althouse 2007
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For those of you (like me until a few years ago) who were too young to know who the Hmong are and what their relevance is to US foreign policy, the Hmong and other hill tribes (aka montagnards) fought with the US against the communists across SE Asia.
07/03/2004 2004
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