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Lissu

Lissu is the alternative form of Lisu.

Meaning of Lisu

Noun

Lisu (plural Lisus or Lisu)

  1. A member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of Yunnan (southwestern China), Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar and Thailand.
    • There are more than a hundred such groups, including the Karen of Thailand and Burma; the Kachin in Burma; the Akha, the Lahu, and the Lisu in Thailand; the Hmong, the Kmhmu, and the Yao in Laos; and the Nùng and the Lati in Vietnam.2011, Terry Miller, Sean Williams, The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music, page 303

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Forms of Lissu

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Questions about Lissu

What is Lissu the alternative form of?
Lissu is the alternative form of Lisu.

Words near Lissu in the dictionary

  1. lissosphincters
  2. lissotrichi
  3. lissotrichian
  4. lissotrichous
  5. lissotrichy
  6. Lissu
  7. Lissus
  8. Lissy
  9. list
  10. List 99
  11. List A

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