Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 米西基

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Proper noun

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Mễ Tây (米西基)

  1. (Overseas Vietnamese or obsolete) Mexico (a country in North America)
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 9, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      Người Mễ Tây Cơ làm tổ nuôi ong bằng đất nung, []
      The Mexicans make beehives from terracotta, []

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This term is obsolete in Vietnam but still somewhat common in the United States.

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