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Vinony

Karen

proper noun

  1. female given name
  2. entitled or annoying woman
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛn/ / /kəˈɹɪ̟n/

name

Etymology: From Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang), of disputed origin.

  1. A group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by people of the Karen ethnic group, also called Karenic.
  2. Former name of Kayin (“state (administrative division) of Myanmar”).

noun

Etymology: From Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang), of disputed origin.

  1. A member of a diverse ethnic group originating in Myanmar and Thailand.

    “U Nu's government was Socialist with a program of nationalization. But it had to fight for survival against almost universal disorder complicated by a Communist rebellion, a Karen rising, which was far more serious, and, in 1950, the arrival from Yünnan of General Li Mi's Kuomintang division after its rout by the Chinese Communists.”

    “There are more than a hundred such groups, including the Karen of Thailand and Burma; the Kachin in Burma; the Akha, the Lahu, and the Lisu in Thailand; the Hmong, the Kmhmu, and the Yao in Laos; and the Nùng and the Lati in Vietnam.”