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Chingpaw
noun
Ching·paw
\ˈchiŋˌpȯ\
Definition of Chingpaw
Chingpaw
orChingpaws
1 : a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting upper Burma and the north Burma-Chinese frontier region, especially the Irrawaddy drainage above Myitkyina known as “the Triangle” and the Hukawng valley —called also Singpho — see kachin
2 : a member of the Chingpaw
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