ဗာတီကန်မြို့ပြနိုင်ငံ

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

Calque from English Vatican City, composed of ဗာတီကန် (batikan, Vatican) +‎ မြို့ပြနိုင်ငံ (mrui.pra.nuingngam, city-state).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bàtìkàɴmjo̰pja̰nàɪɴŋàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: batikanmrui.pra.nuingngam • ALA-LC: bātīkanʻmruiʹpranuiṅʻṅaṃ • BGN/PCGN: batikanmyo.pya.naingngan • Okell: batikañmyoúpyánaiñngañ

Proper noun edit

ဗာတီကန်မြို့ပြနိုင်ငံ (batikanmrui.pra.nuingngam)

  1. the Vatican (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)