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Maung

Maung proper noun: an Iwaidjan Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Croker and Melville Islands off the north coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Proper noun (1)

Maung

  1. An Iwaidjan Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Croker and Melville Islands off the north coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Proper noun (2)

Maung (plural Maungs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Maung

pluralMaungs

Origin of Maung

Borrowing from Burmese မောင် (maung).

Questions about Maung

What does Maung mean?
Maung means an Iwaidjan Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Croker and Melville Islands off the north coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
What part of speech is Maung?
Maung is a proper noun.

Words near Maung in the dictionary

  1. Maundy coins
  2. Maundy money
  3. Maundy Thursday
  4. Mauney
  5. Mauneys
  6. Maung
  7. Maungs
  8. maungy
  9. Maunlad
  10. Maunsell
  11. Maupassantian

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