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Mosuo.

A small ethnic group living in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China, close to the border with Tibet.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/məʊˈswəʊ/
  1. A small ethnic group living in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China, close to the border with Tibet.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 摩梭 (Mósuō).

name/məʊˈswəʊ/
  1. Synonym of Na (“language”).

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 摩梭 (Mósuō).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.