Karen

1
[ kuh-ren ]

noun,plural Ka·rens, (especially collectively) Ka·ren.
  1. a group of people of eastern and southern Myanmar (Burma).

  2. one of these people.

  1. the language of the Karen, a Tibeto-Burman language of the Sino-Tibetan family.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Karen people or their language.

Other definitions for Karen (2 of 2)

Karen2

or Kar·in

[ kar-uhn, kahr- ]

noun
  1. a female given name, form of Katherine.

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British Dictionary definitions for Karen

Karen

/ (kəˈrɛn) /


noun
  1. plural -rens or -ren a member of a Thai people of Myanmar

  2. the language of this people, probably related to Thai and belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family

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