Pronunciation: (mē-ou'), [key]
—pl. Mi•aos, (esp. collectively) Mi•ao for 1.
1. Also,Meo.a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
2. a Miao-Yao language spoken in parts of southern China and Southeast Asia. Also called Hmong.
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