plural Hmong
1
: a member of a mountain-dwelling people inhabiting southeastern China and the northern parts of Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand
2
: the language of the Hmong people
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The Hmong/Laotian restaurant and market will be folded into the owners’ other business, Xieng Khouang Market at 4506 Brookfield Drive in south Sacramento.
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Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
The most detailed information about the new species came from the local Hmong people who lived nearby.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Stacks in Arabic, Farsi, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Punjabi and Tigrinya were ready to be packed, and the first batches in Amharic, Khmer and Portuguese would soon be shipped.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The gun was used in a pair of drive-by shootings that targeted members of the Hmong community; no one was injured.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
The most detailed information about the new species came from the local Hmong people who lived nearby.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Stacks in Arabic, Farsi, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Punjabi and Tigrinya were ready to be packed, and the first batches in Amharic, Khmer and Portuguese would soon be shipped.
—Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The gun was used in a pair of drive-by shootings that targeted members of the Hmong community; no one was injured.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Hmong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hmong. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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