Lin, Ma ‧ ya /lɪn, ˈmaɪə/ BrE AmE
(1959–) a Chinese-American woman who won the competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Memorial is a black ↑ marble ‘V’ with all the names of the soldiers who died in Vietnam on it.
Lin, Ma ‧ ya /lɪn, ˈmaɪə/ BrE AmE
(1959–) a Chinese-American woman who won the competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Memorial is a black ↑ marble ‘V’ with all the names of the soldiers who died in Vietnam on it.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012