ရန်ကုန်

Burmese

Etymology

Literally, end of strife, ရန် (ran, enemy) + ကုန် (kun, run out).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ရန်ဂုန်
  • IPA(key): /jàɴɡòʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rankun • ALA-LC: ranʻkunʻ • BGN/PCGN: yan-gon • Okell: yañkouñ

Proper noun

ရန်ကုန် • (rankun)

  1. Yangon, Rangoon (largest city and former capital of Burma)
    ရန်ကုန်မြို့rankunmrui.Yangon (city)
  2. (~တိုင်း, ~တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) Yangon Region (an administrative subdivision in Myanmar)

See also

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