Burma
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- proper noun
- /ˈbɜrmə/
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Birmania
- The president visited Thailand, Burma and Cambodia last week.
- Burma (Myanmar)
- formerly Burma
- sanctions against Burma
It's a shorter flight to Burma than it is to the UK or America.
- It's a shorter flight to Burma than it is to the UK or America.
- They range from northern Myanmar, Burma to West Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China.
- Another example, this happened when I was practicing at a monastery in Burma.
- He was sent to the rural countryside near Burma, you know, in southwest China.
- This is a group of OSS personnel that was sent to kind of the Burma, India, China area.
- Opium, it was opium coming up out of Burma in the Golden Triangle up there.
- So like I was in Burma, we did a a month long mission inside Burma.
- I traveled back to ancestral homelands and got very familiar with Esh, Sir Alzette and Rangoon, Burma.
Examples
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In Southeast Asia, opium and heroin move mainly from Burma to and through China.
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Political change is essential if Burma is to transform itself into a source of stability in Southeast Asia.
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So like I was in Burma, we did a a month long mission inside Burma.
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- Have you been in Burma long?
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And so now the Burma Army controls the country.
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What are you doing in Burma?
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And my mother's father was in Burma with the Royal Air Force fighting the Japanese.
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For almost all of its history, Burma has been ruled by autocratic monarchs and military leaders.
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But Beijing has far more vested interests in Burma, a neighbor, close ally, and home to one million Chinese nationals.
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During his travels, he visited the breathtaking landscapes of Burma and explored its rich culture.
Synonyms
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A country in southeast Asia formerly called Burma
The former official name of the country now called Myanmar
Compounds
- UK
A tree from India and Myanmar that gives reddish-brown wood used for furniture and carving
Surface Forms
Etymology
Burma comes from the name of the country's main people, the Bamar also written Bama, so it originally meant 'land of the Bamar'. That's why Burma was the country's old name before it became Myanmar.