Miao

• Meo

From Mandarin 苗 (Miáo).

Miao pl (plural only)

1. The Miao peoples (including Hmong, Hmu, A-Hmao, Qo Xiong, etc.), an ethnic group of China and Vietnam speaking the Hmong-Mien language family.
   • 1987, Jeffrey C. Kinkley, “Fighting for Autonomy”, in The Odyssey of Shen Congwen‎, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 239:

     With the help of KMT Miao representatives like Shi Honggui, Changsha drew up its plans for a permanent advance into the West: the Reconstruction Program of July 3, 1936, which called on the Miao people to learn Chinese, intermarry with the Han, and give up their traditional sacrifices, “undesirable marriage customs,” and “improper amusements.” The Miao were to be educated, but also pacified and culturally assimilated.

Miao

1. The languages of the Miao.
2. A surname from Chinese.

• Hei-Miao
• Small Flowery Miao

• Ethnologue report on the Miao languages

• IMAO, MAOI, MIOA, Maio, amio, moai