muang

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A form of mueang — A pre-modern semi-independent city-state or principality in mainland Southeast Asia or adjacent regions of Northeast India or Southern China.

Originaho 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 ← tdd ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ← Thai เมือง →
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Meanings

nounmuang (plural muangs or muang)

plural muangs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of mueang.

Origin

  1. Laoເມືອງ
  2. shnမိူင်း
  3. tddᥛᥫᥒᥰ
  4. Tai Damꪹꪣꪉ
  5. khbᦵᦙᦲᧂ
  6. Northern Thaiᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
  7. Thaiเมือง
  8. tddᥛᥫᥒᥰ
  9. aho𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫
  10. Englishmuang

Borrowed from Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng),Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang) etc.

More words from aho, tdd, Thai

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MaungGunmamangumungaAmung
Cite this entry
APA

muang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muang

MLA

“muang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muang.

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