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muang

muang is the alternative form of mueang.

Meaning of mueang

Noun

mueang (plural mueangs or mueang)

  1. (historical) A pre-modern semi-independent city-state or principality in mainland Southeast Asia or adjacent regions of Northeast India or Southern China.

Forms of muang

pluralmuangs
pluralmuang

Origin of muang

Borrowed from Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng),Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang) etc.

Phrases with muang

Questions about muang

What is muang the alternative form of?
Muang is the alternative form of mueang.

Words near muang in the dictionary

  1. muahahaha
  2. Muamar
  3. Muamer
  4. Muammar
  5. Muammed
  6. muang
  7. Muang Sing
  8. muangs
  9. Muarrif
  10. MUAs
  11. muawi

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: muang (page history and authors); mueang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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