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Viet kieu

Vi·et kieu [ vee ət ky, vyet ky ] (plural Vi·et kieu)


noun 
Definition:
 
Southeast Asia somebody Vietnamese who lives outside Vietnam: a Vietnamese person who does not live in Vietnam, especially one born or living in the United States who sometimes returns to Vietnam

[Late 20th century. Kieu modeled on Chinese qiao "person living overseas, to live overseas"]
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