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Lisu

noun
Li·su
variants: or Lissu \ˈlē¦sü \
plural Lisu or Lisus or Lissu or Lissus

Definition of Lisu 

1a : a Tibeto-Burman people inhabiting the hilly Salween drainage in the Yunnan-Burma borderlands

b : a member of such people

2 : the north Lolo dialect of the Lisu people

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