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tribe meaning in Myanmar

အမျိုးအနွယ် a.myui:a.nwai

/tɹaɪb/

tribe in Myanmar: အမျိုးအနွယ် (a.myui:a.nwai), အမျိုးဇာတ် (a.myui:jat). In English, tribe means an ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.

Myanmar words for tribe

group of people
အမျိုးအနွယ် a.myui:a.nwai, အမျိုးဇာတ် a.myui:jat

English meaning of tribe

  1. noun An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
  2. noun A tribal nation or people.
  3. noun A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
  4. noun A socially cohesive group of people within a society.

Full definition of tribe

tribe in a sentence

  • the Twelve Tribes of Israel; Germanic tribes; Celtic tribes
  • The Formation of Kazakh Identity: From Tribe to Nation-state
  • Near-synonyms: nation; ingroup

Synonyms of tribe

tribe in other languages

Questions about tribe in Myanmar

What is the meaning of tribe in Myanmar?
Tribe in Myanmar is အမျိုးအနွယ် (a.myui:a.nwai), အမျိုးဇာတ် (a.myui:jat).
tribe ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Tribe: အမျိုးအနွယ် (a.myui:a.nwai), အမျိုးဇာတ် (a.myui:jat).
What does tribe mean in English?
Tribe means an ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tribe (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Myanmar words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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