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Palaung

/pəˈlaʊŋ/

Palaung noun: a member of an ethnic group living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, also in China and Thailand.

Noun

Palaung (plural Palaungs or Palaung)

  1. A member of an ethnic group living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, also in China and Thailand.

Proper noun

Palaung

  1. The Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Palaung people.
    Synonyms:
    Ta'ang

Palaung meaning in Thai and Myanmar

Palaung in Thai

people
ปะหล่อง
language
ภาษาปะหล่อง

Palaung in Myanmar

people
ပလောင် pa.laung
language
ပလောင်ဘာသာ pa.laungbhasa

Synonyms of Palaung

  • Ta'ang

Forms of Palaung

pluralPalaungs
pluralPalaung

Origin of Palaung

From Burmese ပလောင် (pa.laung).

Words formed from Palaung

Questions about Palaung

What does Palaung mean?
Palaung means a member of an ethnic group living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, also in China and Thailand.
What is Palaung in Thai?
Palaung in Thai is ปะหล่อง, ภาษาปะหล่อง. See Palaung meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is Palaung?
Palaung can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Palaung?
Palaung is pronounced /pəˈlaʊŋ/.
What is the plural of Palaung?
The plural of Palaung is Palaungs.

Words near Palaung in the dictionary

  1. palau
  2. Palauan
  3. Palauan time
  4. Palauans
  5. Palauig
  6. Palaung
  7. Palaungic
  8. palaus
  9. palava sauce
  10. Palavaram
  11. palaver

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