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Definition of Mon in English: MonnounPlural Mons mɔːnmōn 1A member of a people now inhabiting parts of south-eastern Burma (Myanmar) and western Thailand but having their ancient capital at Pegu in the south of Burma. Example sentencesExamples - Ethnic Burmese form the majority at 67.4%, and the remainder includes the Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Chins, Kachins and the Kayahs.
- Myanmar has eight major ethnic groups - Bamas, Kayins, Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Kachins, Chins and Kayahs.
- Wars were fought with the ethnic Mons and Arkanese, and with the Siamese.
- The Mons and Burmans absorbed the Pyus and similarly Burmans and Shans and Burmans and Chinese and others mixed with each other and influenced the life-style of one another.
- Groups with their own states include the Karens, Chins, Shans, Kayahs, Arakanese, Mons, and Kachins.
- He is scheduled to hold a joint meeting with leaders of minority groups including the Shans, Kayins, Mons and Rakhines later in the day at his hotel.
- The original inhabitants of the region were the Mons, who may have been introduced to Theravda Buddhism in the early centuries by missionaries sent from India.
2mass noun The language of the Mon, related to Khmer (Cambodian). Example sentencesExamples - Cambodian, or Khmer, is classified by linguists as an Austro-Asiatic language, related to Mon - a language spoken in Burma and western Thailand.
- The dominant Khmer language belongs to the Austroasiatic language family and is related to Vietnamese, Mon, and a number of other Asian languages.
adjective mɔːnmōn Relating to the Mon or their language. See also Mon-Khmer Example sentencesExamples - Malay, Mon, and Khmer civilizations flourished in the region prior to the arrival of the ethnic Tai.
- Halted in its southward move by the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, Burmese encountered the Mon language.
- It documented accounts of 43 crimes against women from the Karen, Karenni, Mon, and Tavoyan groups as well as the Shans.
- Today the Mons have no independent political status and the Mon language is dying out.
- This island is home to a community of Mon people who came here from their homeland in the river Kwai valley north of Kanchanaburi.
Rhymes alone, atone, Beaune, bemoan, blown, bone, Capone, clone, Cohn, Cologne, condone, cone, co-own, crone, drone, enthrone, flown, foreknown, foreshown, groan, grown, half-tone, home-grown, hone, Joan, known, leone, loan, lone, mephedrone, moan, mown, ochone, outflown, outgrown, own, phone, pone, prone, Rhône, roan, rone, sewn, shown, Simone, Sloane, Soane, sone, sown, stone, strown, throne, thrown, tone, trombone, Tyrone, unbeknown, undersown, windblown, zone Definition of Mon in US English: Monnounmōn 1A member of a people now inhabiting parts of southeastern Burma (Myanmar) and western Thailand but having their ancient capital at Pegu in the south of Burma. Example sentencesExamples - The original inhabitants of the region were the Mons, who may have been introduced to Theravda Buddhism in the early centuries by missionaries sent from India.
- Groups with their own states include the Karens, Chins, Shans, Kayahs, Arakanese, Mons, and Kachins.
- He is scheduled to hold a joint meeting with leaders of minority groups including the Shans, Kayins, Mons and Rakhines later in the day at his hotel.
- Myanmar has eight major ethnic groups - Bamas, Kayins, Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Kachins, Chins and Kayahs.
- Wars were fought with the ethnic Mons and Arkanese, and with the Siamese.
- Ethnic Burmese form the majority at 67.4%, and the remainder includes the Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Chins, Kachins and the Kayahs.
- The Mons and Burmans absorbed the Pyus and similarly Burmans and Shans and Burmans and Chinese and others mixed with each other and influenced the life-style of one another.
2The language of the Mon, related to Khmer (Cambodian). Example sentencesExamples - The dominant Khmer language belongs to the Austroasiatic language family and is related to Vietnamese, Mon, and a number of other Asian languages.
- Cambodian, or Khmer, is classified by linguists as an Austro-Asiatic language, related to Mon - a language spoken in Burma and western Thailand.
adjectivemōn Relating to the Mon or their language. See also Mon-Khmer Example sentencesExamples - This island is home to a community of Mon people who came here from their homeland in the river Kwai valley north of Kanchanaburi.
- Halted in its southward move by the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, Burmese encountered the Mon language.
- It documented accounts of 43 crimes against women from the Karen, Karenni, Mon, and Tavoyan groups as well as the Shans.
- Malay, Mon, and Khmer civilizations flourished in the region prior to the arrival of the ethnic Tai.
- Today the Mons have no independent political status and the Mon language is dying out.
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