người Mĩ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

người Mỹ

Etymology

người (“person”) +‎ nước Mĩ (“United States”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋɨəj˨˩ mi˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋɨj˦˩ mɪj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋɨj˨˩ mɪj˨˩˦]

Noun

người Mĩ

(countable) American (person born in or citizen of the United States)
(uncountable) the American people (the people of the United States)

Usage notes

This term typically only refers to persons of the United States; to refer to persons of the Americas, người Bắc Mĩ (“North American”), người Nam Mĩ (“South American”), or người châu Mĩ (“American”) may be used instead.

Synonyms

người Hoa Kỳ (rare)

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