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Definition of yao in English English dictionary
- A Bantu language spoken in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania
- {i} language that belongs to the Miao-Yao group of languages and is spoken by the Yao people; language spoken by ethnic groups in Africa (spoken in Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia)
- A city of southern Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Osaka. Population: 276,324. Various Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting southern Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and southern Malawi. In the colonial era the Yao were prominent as slave traders. They were never completely united but lived as small groups ruled by chiefs. By 1900 they had come under German, Portuguese, or British rule. Today numbering 2.2 million, the Yao practice shifting (slash-and-burn) horticulture. Most are Muslims. In Chinese mythology, one of three legendary emperors, along with Shun and Dayu, of the golden age of antiquity ( 24th century BC). All three were exalted by Confucius as models of virtue, righteousness, and unselfish devotion
- {i} city in Japan
- {i} member of people who live in the mountains of south China
- Miao-Yao
- {i} group of languages spoken in Asia (China, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand)
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