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noun
An ethnic group in China, living mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various groups of people at different periods in ancient China, generally thought to have been of Tibetan-Burmese origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural, plural-only
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noun
the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Qiangic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Tibeto-Burman, Tibeto-Burman language
History
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 羌 (Qiāng).
Across languages
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