Burma
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma); see Myanmar for more.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝmə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːmə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mə
- Hyphenation: Bur‧ma
Proper noun
Burma
- A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.
- 1898, Archibald R. Colquhoun, “The Geographical Question”, in China in Transformation, Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 14:
- The province of Yunnan lies in the extreme southwest of the Empire, its southern and western borders forming the northern frontiers of Tongking and Burma respectively. On the north it is bordered by Szechuan, and on the east by Kweichau and Kwangsi. It is the third largest province of the Empire, its area measuring 122,000 square miles, but, as elsewhere remarked, owing to the devastatations of the Mohammedan rebellion and ensuing plague, its population has been greatly reduced, and now is not more than 6,000,000. Yet its mineral wealth is greater and more varied than that of any other province. Its capital is Yunnan, between which town and Burma a considerable trade is carried on.
Usage notes
- Burma is a traditional name of Myanmar, and was the official name in English until 1989. It is still used to express disapproval of the military government, which changed the name of the nation. See Names of Myanmar on Wikipedia.
Derived terms
Translations
Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
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See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Anagrams
Farefare
Proper noun
Burma
- Bourma (a village in the Zabré department, Boulgou, Burkina Faso)
Finnish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension
| Inflection of Burma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Burma | — | |
| genitive | Burman | — | |
| partitive | Burmaa | — | |
| illative | Burmaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Burma | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Burma | — |
| gen. | Burman | ||
| genitive | Burman | — | |
| partitive | Burmaa | — | |
| inessive | Burmassa | — | |
| elative | Burmasta | — | |
| illative | Burmaan | — | |
| adessive | Burmalla | — | |
| ablative | Burmalta | — | |
| allative | Burmalle | — | |
| essive | Burmana | — | |
| translative | Burmaksi | — | |
| abessive | Burmatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma m (genitive Bhurma)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Maenmar
Declension
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Derived terms
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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| Burma | Bhurma | mBurma |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “Burma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Burma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bȗrma f (Cyrillic spelling Бу̑рма)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension
Declension of Burma
Swedish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma n (genitive Burmas)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Myanmar
Related terms
Further reading
- Burma in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Burma (“Burma”). Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma /bəmà/), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma /mjàɴmà/).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbuɾma/
- Rhymes: -uɾma
- Syllabification: Bur‧ma
Proper noun
Burma (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜋ)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Birmanya
- 2007, Gabriel F. Mallillin, Edgar C. Samar, sambotani IV:
- Si Aung San Suu Kyi ay ang Nobel Peace Laureate na galing sa bansang Burma na kasalukuyang isinailalim sa house arrest. Siya ang nakibakang maibalik ang demokrasya sa kanyang bansa.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)