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(click for larger image in new window) A country of southeast Asia on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Site of ancient Mon and Burman kingdoms, Burma was a province of British India from 1886 to 1937 and a separate crown colony from 1937 to 1948, when it gained its independence. The civilian government was overthrown by a military coup in 1962 and again in 1988. The country was officially renamed Myanmar in 1989. Yangon (formerly Rangoon) is the capital and the largest city. Population: 47,400,000. |
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| myanmar | |
noun | |
| a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar" |
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Myanmar [(myahn-mahr, meye-ahn-mahr)]
The official name for Burma since 1989.
[Chapter:] World Geography
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