Hmong
Americannoun
plural
Hmongs,plural
HmongExample Sentences
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Derrick’s friend, Pam Jacobson, 69, noted that even in her predominantly-white suburb, Lino Lakes—some 30 miles outside the city—ICE agents had turned up in search of her Hmong neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
The Orange County Department of Education sought Hmong, Vietnamese and Cambodian American feedback in dozens of iterative listening sessions as the foundation of their research.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024
In the East Bay, nearly 62% of Oakland voters supported recalling Thao, the city’s first Hmong mayor, and 64% voted to recall Price, Alameda County’s first Black district attorney.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
Tens of thousands of Hmong soldiers died while others fled to the U.S. as a result of what became known as the “secret war.”
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
More than 100,000 Miao-speaking refugees from Vietnam have carried this language family to the United States, where they are better known under the alternative name of Hmong.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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