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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Rumors of an inappropriate relationship between Bunney and the girl began to surface at Hmong College Prep in spring 2023, the criminal complaint said.
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
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Two significant poetry anthologies deterritorialize home, showing that for Hmong Americans, home can be a process of moving and running despite living in a place.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 27 May 2025
Leng Wong's family came as the first Hmong refugees in February 1976, according to the Hmong American Partnership.
—Pauleen Le, CBS News, 5 May 2025
This year's theme honors and celebrates the histories of the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations, World War II, and the Vietnamese and Hmong communities.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
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Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 June 2025
More to Explore Searching for Home in Hmong American Writing
Two significant poetry anthologies deterritorialize home, showing that for Hmong Americans, home can be a process of moving and running despite living in a place.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 27 May 2025
Leng Wong's family came as the first Hmong refugees in February 1976, according to the Hmong American Partnership.
—Pauleen Le, CBS News, 5 May 2025
This year's theme honors and celebrates the histories of the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations, World War II, and the Vietnamese and Hmong communities.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
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“Hmong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hmong. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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