Myanmar

//ˈmjɑnˌmɑɹ// adj, name

adj, name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Myanmar, Burmese. not-comparable

    "Myanmar harp"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw.

    "The watchdog group Global Witness recently found that Chinese companies with links to Myanmar rare-earth supplies have listed as customers Ford Motor, Hyundai Motor, Siemens, Tesla, Vestas Wind Systems, Volkswagen and others."

  2. 2
    The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country of Myanmar.
  3. 3
    The script in which the Myanmar language is written.

Synonyms

All synonyms
burmeseburmaburmesemyanmamyanmareseunion of burma

Example

More examples

"China shares borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia and Russia."

Etymology

Borrowed, initially into British English, from Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma), the formal Burmese name of the main ethnic group in Myanmar; ဗမာ (ba.ma), from which Burma is derived, is the informal name. Both Burmese terms are also adjectives meaning "Burmese" (related to Myanmar/Burma, its, people, language, etc). Like in the word Burma, the r was not originally pronounced (and is not present in the Burmese term), it is a vowel-lengthening device used by non-rhotic (British) dialects; compare gorm.

Related phrases

Myanmar snub-nosed monkeyrepublic of union of myanmarsino tibetansoutheast asia

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