Definition of 'Myanmar'
noun
a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea: unified from small states in 1752; annexed by Britain (1823–85) and made a province of India in 1886; became independent in 1948. It is generally mountainous, with the basins of the Chindwin and Irrawaddy Rivers in the central part and the Irrawaddy delta in the south. Official language: Burmese. Religion: Buddhist majority. Currency: kyat. Capital: Yangon, with the seat of government at Nay Pyi Taw. Pop: 53 370 609 (2017 est). Area: 676 577 sq km (261 228 sq miles)
Official full name: the Union of Myanmar. Former official name (until 1989, though still widely used): Burma Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
country in SE Asia, on the Indochinese peninsula: modern state founded in 18th cent.; under British control from 1885 to 1948: 261,228 sq mi (676,578 sq km); pop. 35,314,000; cap. Yangon: officially, a federation of states called Union of Myanmar
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
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Translations for 'Myanmar'
- American English: Myanmar
- Arabic: مَايْنْمَار
- Brazilian Portuguese: Mianmar
- Chinese: 缅甸
- Croatian: Mijanmar
- Czech: Myanmar
- Danish: Myanmar
- Dutch: Myanmar
- European Spanish: Myanmar
- Finnish: Myanmar
- French: Myanmar
- German: Myanmar
- Greek: Μυανμάρ
- Italian: Myanmar
- Japanese: ミャンマー
- Korean: 미얀마
- Norwegian: Myanmar
- Polish: Myanmar
- European Portuguese: Mianmar
- Romanian: Myanmar
- Russian: Мьянма
- Spanish: Myanmar
- Swedish: Myanmar
- Thai: ประเทศพม่า
- Turkish: Myanmar
- Ukrainian: М'янма
- Vietnamese: nước Myanmar
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