Myanmar
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- proper noun
- /ˈmjænˌmɑr/
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Myanmar
- For some aid workers and policymakers, the scope of Myanmar's humanitarian disaster necessitates a boost in foreign assistance.
- Myanmar (formerly Burma)
- Myanmar's military junta
- Myanmar border
Do you go to, you know, Myanmar or whatever?
- Do you go to, you know, Myanmar or whatever?
- The Buddhists have got Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
- She brought scrutiny to the president in Myanmar.
- I mean, what is life like for pro democracy activists in Myanmar today?
- The Buddhists are supposedly the loveliest, kindest people, but they are massacring Muslims in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
- They range from northern Myanmar, Burma to West Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China.
- So look, I've been so obviously from Australia, but I've spent time in Southeast Asia, a whole bunch of countries there, like for Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar.
- She's not actually Thai, she's from Myanmar, but he's dating a Myanmar woman from Myanmar.
- They deliberately spread terrible conspiracy theories and fake news about the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, which led to an ethnic link with.
Examples
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Politics inside Myanmar is always murky, but several factors probably prompted this detente.
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We've lived in Indonesia, we built a water purification system in Myanmar.
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But we here in Myanmar still have a ways to go.
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I thought it was Myanmar.
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Turns out Myanmar does cooperate.
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The Myanmar people sent an envoy to negotiate for peace.
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Currently, virtually none of the HIV sufferers in Myanmar can expect to receive any care at all.
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With half a million tourists expected in 2012, Myanmar may struggle with its newfound popularity.
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Until recently, Indonesia and Thailand were under military influence, and Myanmar, formerly Burma, is still under strong military rule.
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The National Election Commission in Myanmar has confirmed the opposition party's historic win in parliamentary elections.
Synonyms
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The former official name of the country now called Myanmar in southeast Asia
The former official name of the country now called Myanmar
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Myanmar comes from the Burmese name Myanma, which refers to the main local people, the Bamar, and so it originally meant 'land of the Myanma people'. That's why Myanmar is now used as the country's official name instead of the older English name Burma.