Where does “Mi-du-ri” come from?

Mi-du-ri (Vietnamese) comes from English Missouri, from Miami wimihsoorita — the people who have dugout canoes.

Mi-du-ri (Vietnamese): Missouri

Definitions

  1. Missouri

Ancestry of “Mi-du-ri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMissouriAn indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States
2Miamiwimihsooritathe people who have dugout canoes
Every word from Miami wimihsoorita →Every word from English Missouri →