Myanmar
Meanings
name
- A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw.
- The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country of Myanmar.
- The script in which the Myanmar language is written.
adj
- Of or relating to Myanmar, Burmese.
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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.
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