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mueang
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Also known as mư̄ang

thumb|Capital districts of provinces of Thailand|provinces in Thailand are referred to as "mueang district". Pictured here is the office of Mueang Ang Thong district, i.e., the capital district of Ang Thong. thumb|The ethnic Tai Nuea language|Tai Nuea name of [[Mangshi (pictured) in Yunnan, China is Mueang Khon]]

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Place names
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Laos
  • Myanmar
  • [[Northeast India]]
  • Thailand
  • Mueang toponyms
  • Nakhon mueang
  • Buri mueang
  • Vietnam
  • Etymology
  • Müang Fai irrigation system
  • Origin of mueang
  • Kham Mueang
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Capital districts of provinces of Thailand|provinces in Thailand are referred to as "mueang district". Pictured here is the office of Mueang Ang Thong district, i.e., the capital district of Ang Thong. thumb|The ethnic Tai Nuea language|Tai Nuea name of [[Mangshi (pictured) in Yunnan, China is Mueang Khon]]

Mueang (Ahom: 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫; mɯ̄ang, ), Muang ( mɯ́ang, ), Möng (Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ möeng; móeng, ), Meng () or Mường (Vietnamese) were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or principalities in mainland Southeast Asia, adjacent regions of Northeast India and Southern China, including what is now Thailand, Laos, Burma, Cambodia, parts of northern Vietnam, southern Yunnan, western Guangxi and Assam.

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