Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Hmong-Mien language spoken by many subgroups of the Yao of China.
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- proper noun A group of related languages spoken by the
Yao people.
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Examples
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"Mien," it should be said, is something like vermicelli.
Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926
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46 Additional Oral History interviews confirm that while the EPD element was under the military control of either the headquarters of the South Vietnam Liberation Armed Forces (SVNLAF), code named "Mien" (i.e. "Region") in southern Vietnam, or the General Political
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Iu Mien refugees in Oakland, the Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans, and the Yurok tribe in Northwest California are all examples of communities with strong social networks that lift each other up together.
Maurice Lim Miller: The Power of Social Networks to Break the Cycle of Poverty Maurice Lim Miller 2011
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Iu Mien refugees in Oakland, the Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans, and the Yurok tribe in Northwest California are all examples of communities with strong social networks that lift each other up together.
Maurice Lim Miller: The Power of Social Networks to Break the Cycle of Poverty Maurice Lim Miller 2011
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The original Mien Tay in Shoreditch is often talked of as being one of the most distinctive Vietnamese restaurants on Kingsland Road's "pho mile", and this Battersea spin-off is equally impressive.
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Iu Mien refugees in Oakland, the Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans, and the Yurok tribe in Northwest California are all examples of communities with strong social networks that lift each other up together.
Maurice Lim Miller: The Power of Social Networks to Break the Cycle of Poverty Maurice Lim Miller 2011
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Eight African-American families, 11 Mien families and six Salvadoran refugee families were offered a simple deal: Make verifiable progress (improved grades for their kids in school, finding new jobs, etc.) and earn $500 per quarter for two years.
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Bryan Phan: Ancestors came from Laos, but he's Mien.
APAture Live 2008
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But the Nationals, with Stephen Strasburg ready to ride buses in the Eastern League and Chien-Mien Wang throwing rehab bullpen sessions, are not operating under normal circumstances.
For Nationals, picking fifth starter is far from final answer Adam Kilgore 2010
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The manifest listed a family of seven under the name Patenkien, who had most recently lived in Mien, Poland.
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