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mueang

mueang noun: a pre-modern semi-independent city-state or principality in mainland Southeast Asia or adjacent regions of Northeast India or Southern China.

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 mueang

pluralmueangs
pluralmueang
alternative formmuang
alternative formmong

Origin of mueang

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 mueang

Questions about mueang

What does mueang mean?
Mueang means a pre-modern semi-independent city-state or principality in mainland Southeast Asia or adjacent regions of Northeast India or Southern China.
What part of speech is mueang?
Mueang is a noun.
What is the plural of mueang?
The plural of mueang is mueangs.

Words near mueang in the dictionary

  1. mudwrestling
  2. Mudéjar
  3. Mudéjares
  4. Mudéjars
  5. mue
  6. mueang
  7. Mueang Phuket
  8. mueangs
  9. mued
  10. mueddin
  11. mueddins

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