mueang

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noun

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

nounmueang (plural mueangs or mueang)

plural mueangs · alternative muang · alternative mong

  1. historicalA pre-modern semi-independent city-state or principality in mainland Southeast Asia or adjacent regions of Northeast India or Southern China.

Origin

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

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

mangue
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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