My Lai

[ mee-lahy ]

noun
  1. a hamlet in S Vietnam: U.S. forces' massacre of South Vietnamese civilians 1968.

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My Lai

/ (ˈmaɪ ˈlaɪ, ˈmiː) /


noun
  1. a village in S Vietnam where in 1968 US troops massacred over 400 civilians

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