Mosuo

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Mosuo

/məʊˈswəʊ/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 摩梭 (Mósuō).

noun

plural, plural only A small ethnic group living in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China, close to the border with Tibet.

proper noun

Synonym of Na (“language”).
Similar: Na

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"Mosuo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mosuo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Mosuo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mosuo

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"Mosuo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mosuo.

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@misc{mosuo_2026,
  title = {Mosuo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mosuo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}