"Yangon" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /jɑŋˈɡɑn/ [General-American], /jɑŋˈɡoʊn/ [General-American], /jæŋˈɡɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /jæŋˈɡəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: (General American) -ɑn, (General American) -oʊn, (Received Pronunciation) -ɒn, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊn Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun), pronounced /jàɴɡòʊɴ/ in standard Burmese. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ရန်ကုန်}} Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yangon
  1. The largest city and former capital of Myanmar (Burma). Wikipedia link: Yangon Categories (place): Cities in Myanmar, Cities in Myanmar (Burma), Historical capitals, Historical settlements, Places in Myanmar Synonyms: Rangoon, Dagon, Dagoon [rare] Translations (largest city in Myanmar): ራንጉን (rangun) (Amharic), يَانْغُون (yānḡūn) [masculine] (Arabic), يَانْجُون (yānjūn) [masculine] (Arabic), Ռանգուն (Ṙangun) (Armenian), Рангу́н (Ranhún) [masculine] (Belarusian), Янго́н (Janhón) [masculine] (Belarusian), রেঙ্গুন (reṅgun) (Bengali), Янго́н (Jangón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ရန်ကုန် (rankun) (Burmese), 仰光 (joeng⁵ gwong¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 仰光 (Yǎngguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), Rangún [masculine] (Czech), Rangoon (Danish), Jangono (Esperanto), Ranguno (Esperanto), Rangoon (Finnish), Yangon (Finnish), Rangoun [masculine] (French), Rangoon [masculine] (French), რანგუნი (ranguni) (Georgian), Rangun [neuter] (German), Yangon (German), Ρανγκούν (Rangkoún) [feminine] (Greek), Ραγγούν (Rangoún) [feminine] (Greek), יאנגון (yangon) (Hebrew), यांगून (yāṅgūn) (Hindi), रंगून (raṅgūn) (Hindi), यंगून (yaṅgūn) (Hindi), Rangun (Hungarian), Rangún [masculine] (Irish), ヤンゴン (Yangon) (Japanese), ラングーン (ranguun) (Japanese), ក្រុងយ៉ានកុង (krongyaankong) (Khmer), រង្គុន (rɔɔrŭəngkun) (Khmer), រ៉ង់ហ្គូន (rɑngguun) (Khmer), យ៉ានកុង (yaankong) (Khmer), 양곤 (Yanggon) (Korean), ຢ່າງກຸ້ງ (yāng kung) (Lao), Yangon (Latin), Jangona [feminine] (Latvian), Rangūnas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ᦶᦊᧃᧈᦂᦳᧃᧈ (ẏaen¹k̇un¹) (), Јангон (Jangon) [masculine] (Macedonian), രങ്കൂണ (raṅkūṇa) (Malayalam), လ္ဂုၚ် (Mon), ဍုၚ်လ္ဂုၚ် (Mon), رنګون (rangūn) (Pashto), یانگون (yângon) (Persian), Rangun [masculine] (Polish), Yangon [feminine] (Portuguese), Rangum [feminine] (Portuguese), رنګون (rangūn) (Punjabi), Янго́н (Jangón) [masculine] (Russian), Рангу́н (Rangún) [masculine] (Russian), ဝ့ၢ်တကူၣ် (way̱ ta koò) (S'gaw Karen), ယၼ်ႇၵုင်ႇ (yàn kùng) (Shan), Rangún [masculine] (Slovak), Rangun [masculine] (Slovene), Rangún [masculine] (Spanish), Rangyún (Tagalog), Ranggún (Tagalog), ரெங்கூன் (reṅkūṉ) (Tamil), ரங்கூன் (raṅkūṉ) (Tamil), ย่างกุ้ง (yâang-gûng) (Thai), Рангу́н (Ranhún) (Ukrainian), Янго́н (Janhón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ینگون (yāngūn) (Urdu), Răng Gun (Vietnamese), I-an-gun (Vietnamese), Ngưỡng Quang (Vietnamese)
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          "roman": "Yanggon",
          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
          "word": "양곤"
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "yāng kung",
          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
          "word": "ຢ່າງກຸ້ງ"
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          "code": "la",
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          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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          "code": "lt",
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          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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          "code": "khb",
          "lang": "Lü",
          "roman": "ẏaen¹k̇un¹",
          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
          "word": "ᦶᦊᧃᧈᦂᦳᧃᧈ"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "Jangon",
          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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          "word": "Јангон"
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          "code": "ml",
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          "roman": "raṅkūṇa",
          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
          "word": "രങ്കൂണ"
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          "code": "mnw",
          "lang": "Mon",
          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
          "word": "လ္ဂုၚ်"
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          "code": "mnw",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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          "code": "shn",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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          "code": "ta",
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          "code": "ta",
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          "code": "th",
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          "word": "ย่างกุ้ง"
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
          "word": "Răng Gun"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
          "word": "I-an-gun"
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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      "word": "仰光"
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      "word": "仰光"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Rangoon"
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      "word": "Ranguno"
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      "word": "Rangoon"
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      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "Yangon"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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      "code": "lo",
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      "roman": "yāng kung",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "ຢ່າງກຸ້ງ"
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      "word": "Yangon"
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      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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      "word": "Jangona"
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      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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      "word": "Rangūnas"
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      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "ẏaen¹k̇un¹",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "ᦶᦊᧃᧈᦂᦳᧃᧈ"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Jangon",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
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      "word": "Јангон"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "raṅkūṇa",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "രങ്കൂണ"
    },
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      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "လ္ဂုၚ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "ဍုၚ်လ္ဂုၚ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
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      "roman": "rangūn",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "رنګون"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "yângon",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "یانگون"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Rangun"
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      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Yangon"
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rangum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "rangūn",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "رنګون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Jangón",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Янго́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Rangún",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Рангу́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ksw",
      "lang": "S'gaw Karen",
      "roman": "way̱ ta koò",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "ဝ့ၢ်တကူၣ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "yàn kùng",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "ယၼ်ႇၵုင်ႇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rangún"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rangun"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rangún"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "Rangyún"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "Ranggún"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "reṅkūṉ",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "ரெங்கூன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "raṅkūṉ",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "ரங்கூன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yâang-gûng",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "ย่างกุ้ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Ranhún",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "Рангу́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Janhón",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Янго́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "yāngūn",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "ینگون"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "Răng Gun"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "I-an-gun"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "largest city in Myanmar",
      "word": "Ngưỡng Quang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Yangon"
}

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