Palaung

noun

Pa·​laung

pəˈlau̇ŋ

plural Palaung or Palaungs

1

a

: a people of the Shan States, Burma, comprising several tribes

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Mon-Khmer language of the Palaung people

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