Chingpaw

noun

Ching·​paw

ˈchiŋˌpȯ

plural Chingpaw or Chingpaws

1

: a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting upper Burma and the north Burma-Chinese frontier region, especially the Irrawaddy drainage above Myitkyina known as "the Triangle" and the Hukawng valley

called also Singpho

see kachin

2

: a member of the Chingpaw

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