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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun), pronounced /jàɴɡòʊɴ/ in standard Burmese.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Yangon
- The largest city and former capital of Myanmar (Burma).
- Synonyms: (19–21st c.) Rangoon, (16–18th c.) Dagon, (rare) Dagoon
Translations
largest city in Myanmar
- Amharic: ራንጉን (rangun)
- Arabic: يَانْغُون m (yānḡūn), يَانْجُون m (yānjūn)
- Armenian: Ռանգուն (Ṙangun)
- Belarusian: Рангу́н m (Ranhún), Янго́н m (Janhón)
- Bengali: রেঙ্গুন (reṅgun)
- Bulgarian: Янго́н m (Jangón)
- Burmese: ရန်ကုန် (my) (rankun), ရန်ကုန် (my) (rankun)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 仰光 (joeng5 gwong1)
- Mandarin: 仰光 (zh) (Yǎngguāng)
- Czech: Rangún m
- Danish: Rangoon
- Esperanto: Jangono, Ranguno
- Finnish: Rangoon, Yangon
- French: Rangoun (fr) m, Rangoon (fr) m
- Georgian: რანგუნი (ranguni)
- German: Rangun (de) n, Yangon (de)
- Greek: Ρανγκούν f (Rangkoún), Ραγγούν f (Rangoún)
- Hebrew: יאנגון (yangon)
- Hindi: यांगून (yāṅgūn), रंगून (raṅgūn), यंगून (yaṅgūn)
- Hungarian: Rangun (hu)
- Japanese: ヤンゴン (ja) (Yangon), ラングーン (ranguun)
- Khmer: ក្រុងយ៉ានកុង (krongyaankong), រង្គុន (rŭəngkun), រ៉ង់ហ្គូន (rɑngguun), យ៉ានកុង (yaankong)
- Korean: 양곤 (Yanggon)
- Lao: ຢ່າງກຸ້ງ (yāng kung)
- Latin: Yangon
- Latvian: Jangona f
- Lithuanian: Rangūnas m
- Lü: ᦶᦊᧃᧈᦂᦳᧃᧈ (ẏaen¹k̇un¹)
- Macedonian: Јангон m (Jangon)
- Malayalam: രങ്കൂണ (raṅkūṇa)
- Mon: လ္ဂုၚ်, ဍုၚ်လ္ဂုၚ်
- Pashto: رنګون (rangūn)
- Persian: یانگون (yângon)
- Polish: Rangun (pl) m
- Portuguese: Yangon f, Rangum f
- Punjabi: رنګون (rangūn)
- Russian: Янго́н (ru) m (Jangón), Рангу́н (ru) m (Rangún)
- S'gaw Karen: ဝ့ၢ်တကူၣ် (way̱ ta koò)
- Shan: ယၼ်ႇၵုင်ႇ (yàn kùng)
- Slovak: Rangún m
- Slovene: Rangun m
- Spanish: Rangún (es) m
- Tagalog: Rangyún, Ranggún
- Tamil: ரெங்கூன் (reṅkūṉ), ரங்கூன் (raṅkūṉ)
- Thai: ย่างกุ้ง (th) (yâang-gûng)
- Ukrainian: Рангу́н (Ranhún), Янго́н m (Janhón)
- Urdu: ینگون (yāngūn)
- Vietnamese: Răng Gun, I-an-gun, Ngưỡng Quang
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Anagrams
Portuguese
Proper noun
Yangon f
- Yangon (a city in Myanmar)
- Synonym: Rangum
