Tho
- noun
- As a member of the Tho community, she is fluent in the Tho language and also in Vietnamese.
Examples
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Boat traffic at a floating market near the city of Can Tho, Vietnam, jams a branch of the Mekong River.
Academic text (2007) -
The most likely candidate for this role, conventional wisdom has it, is the late Le Duc Tho and his brother Mai Chi Tho.
Academic text (1992) -
It is almost certainly a reflection of the erosion of the powerful political influence of the late Le Duc Tho and his brother, the passed-over Minister of Interior Mai Chi Tho.
Academic text (1992) -
President Nixon confers with Henry A. Kissinger in New York on Nov. 25, 1972, after the presidential adviser returned from a week of secret negotiations in Paris with North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho.
Blog text (27) -
One is that Mai Chi Tho and Thach were at odds, and their simultaneous departure was part of a brokered compromise that allowed them both a dignified exit without a clear political victory for either.
Academic text (1992) -
The Tho language is predominantly spoken in North Nghe An Province of Vietnam.
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Many people in the region are working to preserve the Tho language and its unique cultural heritage.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tho is the name of a group of people in northern Vietnam, so Tho simply means the 'speech' of those people and is used today to name their language.