Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [mahy ley]
- /maɪ leɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [mahy ley]
- /maɪ leɪ/
Definitions of my lai words
- noun my lai a hamlet in S Vietnam: U.S. forces' massacre of South Vietnamese civilians 1968. 1
- noun my lai a village in S Vietnam where in 1968 US troops massacred over 400 civilians 0
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Parts of speech for My lai
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
my lai popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
my lai usage trend in Literature
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