Mizo

See also: mizo, mízo, and mizo-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mizo mizo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪzoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Mizo (plural Mizos or Mizo)

1. Someone from Mizoram.

Proper noun

Mizo

1. A language spoken in India, especially Mizoram, and adjoining parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Translations

language

• Angika: मिजो (mijo)
• Assamese: মিজো (mizü)
• Bengali: মিজো (bn) (mijō)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 米佐語 / 米佐语 (mǐzuǒyǔ)

• Finnish: Lusai
• French: Mizo
• Gujarati: મિઝો (mijho)
• Hindi: मिज़ो (mizo)
• Indonesian: Mizo
• Japanese: ミゾ語 (mizo-go)
• Korean: 미조어 (mijo'eo)
• Malayalam: മിസോ (misō)
• Marathi: मिझो (mijho)
• Mizo: mizo, lusei
• Nepali: मिजो (mijo)
• Odia: ମିଜୋ (mijo)
• Portuguese: mizo (pt)
• Punjabi: ਮਿਜ਼ੋ (mizo)

  Western Punjabi: میزو (mezo)

• Russian: Мизо (Mizo)
• Santali: ᱢᱤᱡᱳ (mijo)
• Sindhi: ميزو (mezo)
• Tamil: மிசோ (ta) (micō)
• Vietnamese: Mizo

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mizo terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code lus (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Mizo, lus ⁠

Anagrams

• Zomi

Japanese

Romanization

Mizo

1. Rōmaji transcription of みぞ

Mizo

Etymology

From mi (“person”) +‎ zo (“high”), literally “high(land) person”.

Noun

Mizo

1. Mizo

   Mizo ṭawng

   Mizo language

   Mizo naupang panga

   five Mizo children

Derived terms

• Mizoram