/mee ow"/ , n. , pl. Miaos , ( esp. collectively ) Miao for 1.
1. Also, Meo . a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
2. a Miao-Yao language spoken in parts of southern China and Southeast Asia. Also called Hmong .