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Vietnamese
Etymology
Borrowed from a Tai language. Compare mường (“mountain village”), Muong mường (“Mường; village; mountain village”), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang), Lü ᦵᦙᦲ (moe), ᨾᩮᩥ᩠ᨦ, Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ (mứang), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang).
Although this word has become a commonly used ethnonym, in many places, Mường people still refer to themselves by the endonym Mõl (“human being”) (or a variant of the word).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mường • (𤞽, 䅒)
- the Muong people, a minority ethnic group in mountainous regions of Vietnam
- tiếng Mường ― the Muong language
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