ဗာတီကန်မြို့ပြနိုင်ငံ

Burmese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

ဗာတီကန်မြို့ပြနိုင်ငံ • (batikanmrui.pra.nuingngam)

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