Burma
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma); see Myanmar for more.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝmə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːmə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mə
- Hyphenation: Bur‧ma
Proper noun edit
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[1], 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[sic – meaning devastations] 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 edit
- 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. See Names of Myanmar on Wikipedia.
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See also edit
- 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 edit
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Proper noun edit
Burma
- Bourma (a village in the Zabré department, Boulgou, Burkina Faso)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Burma
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension edit
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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Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun edit
Burma m (genitive Bhurma)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Maenmar
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Burma | Bhurma | mBurma |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- “Burma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “Burma” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun edit
Burma
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)
Related terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun edit
Burma
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)
Related terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bȗrma f (Cyrillic spelling Бу̑рма)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun edit
Burma n (genitive Burmas)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Myanmar
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Burma (“Burma”). Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma /bəmà/), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma /mjàɴmà/).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
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)