ย่างกุ้ง

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Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun).

Pronunciation

Orthographicย่างกุ้ง
y ˋ ā ŋ k u ˆ ŋ
Phonemic
ย่าง-กุ้ง
y ˋ ā ŋ – k u ˆ ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonyâang-gûng
Royal Instituteyang-kung
(standard) IPA(key)/jaːŋ˥˩.kuŋ˥˩/(R)

Proper noun

ย่างกุ้ง (yâang-gûng)

  1. Yangon (a city in Myanmar)