See Also: British Isles(dictionary)
Ha Mien(tourism)
mien(1)(dictionary)
mien(2)(dictionary)
mien(dictionary)
Hmong-Mien languages(encyclopedia)
Isles(medicine)
Western Isles(dictionary)
Isles (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Scilly, Isles of(encyclopedia)

mien(1) (iou) and British Isles (oh)


mien(1) (iou)



mien noun1. [mi:n] literary. E16.
[Prob. aphet. from DEMEAN noun, later assim. to French mine look, aspect.]
The look or bearing of a person, as showing character, mood, etc. E16.
A. Powell Tall, stately..she possessed a very aristocratic mien.
make a mien, make mien, pretend to do, make a show of doing. E18.

British Isles (oh)



n
the group of islands that includes Great Britain, Ireland, and the smaller islands around them