Yangon

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Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun), pronounced /jàɴɡòʊɴ/ in standard Burmese.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /jɑŋˈɡɑn/, /jɑŋˈɡoʊn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jæŋˈɡɒn/, /jæŋˈɡəʊn/
• Rhymes: (General American) -ɑn, (General American) -oʊn, (Received Pronunciation) -ɒn, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊn

Proper noun

Yangon

1. 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) Irish: Rangún m 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

Anagrams

• Yong'an, nongay

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yangon f

1. Yangon (a city in Myanmar)

   Synonym: Rangum