Palaung

//pəˈlaʊŋ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an ethnic group living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, also in China and Thailand.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Palaung people.

Etymology

From Burmese ပလောင် (pa.laung).

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