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Meanings of hmong in inglés

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хмонг
portugués
língua hmong
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lenguas miao
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hmong

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        A dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmong-Mien/Miao-Yao language family spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos.

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              Examples for "mong"
              Examples for "mong"
              1
              We had a few geese 'mong the turkeys, guineas, ducks, and chickens.
              Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
              2
              I kin git Virginny leaf widouten runnin' 'mong de spooks arter it.
              Taken Alive
              3
              The white man whut live 'mong us is our best friend.
              Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
              4
              Quite a party of us, now, 'mong dese 'barian heathen foreigners.
              Two Years Ago, Volume II.
              5
              He was a sorter leader 'mong 'em wantin' to go back.
              Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
              Usage of hmong in inglés
              1
              Thailand and Laos reached an agreement in March to repatriate the Hmong.
              Reuters
              2
              They were the CIA's Hmong fighters, led since 1960 by General Vang Pao.
              Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
              3
              As a matter of fact, he didn't do too badly by the Hmong.
              Bangkok 8
              4
              They were mostly based on interviews with Hmong tribespeople in Thai refugee camps.
              The new yorker
              5
              Walt prevents the theft and confronts the Hmong gangbangers who ordered the attempt.
              Reuters
              6
              Those among the Hmong who survived wound up in refugee camps or in exile.
              Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
              7
              The Hmong stopped farming when rice started falling out of the sky from CIA planes.
              Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
              8
              He said most of the guests were Hmong.
              Reuters
              9
              The Americans sent to Laos during the Kennedy years did not know the tribal name of the Hmong.
              Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
              10
              The Dong Van district's Hmong villages and spectacular peaks remain so isolated, foreign tourists are all but unknown.
              BBC
              11
              On paper he looked like the perfect broker for the Hmong's opium when it reached Saigon and Vientiane.
              Bangkok 8
              12
              The 2010 census showed there were 91,224 Hmong living in California.
              Reuters
              13
              Nixon responded by ordering Helms to create a new Thai paramilitary battalion in Laos to shore up the Hmong.
              Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
              14
              The Yangs were not Lao-speakers but were Hmong - members of a mountain tribe which originated in Southern China.
              The new yorker
              15
              Boyd remembered the morning his college sociology class watched a film about the folklore of Hmong tribesmen in Laos.
              Burning bright
              16
              The United States recruited the Hmong to fight communism in the late 1960s, when the Vietnam War spread into Laos.
              Reuters
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              Hmong through the time