Yangon

Yangon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun), pronounced IPA^(key): /jàɴɡòʊɴ/ in standard Burmese.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [jæŋˈɡɑn]

Proper noun

Yangon

1. The largest city and former capital of Myanmar (Burma). Formerly known as Rangoon, based on the spelling and Arakanese pronunciation of the city name. The MLCTS Burmese transliteration of both Yangon and Rangoon is "rankun" and the spelling for both is ရန်ကုန် (rankun). The administrative capital has been moved to Naypyidaw.

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: ရန်ကုန်မြို့ (rankunmrui.), ရန်ကုန် (rankun) Chinese: Mandarin: 仰光 (zh) (Yǎngguāng) Czech: Rangún m Danish: Rangoon Esperanto: Jangono, Ranguno Finnish: Rangoon, Yangon French: Rangoun (fr) m, Rangoon m Georgian: რანგუნი (ranguni) German: Rangun n, Yangon Greek: Ρανγκούν f (Rangkoún), Ραγγούν f (Rangoún) Hebrew: יאנגון‎ (yangon) Hindi: यांगून (yāṅgūn), रंगून (raṅgūn) Hungarian: Rangun (hu) Japanese: ヤンゴン (Yangon) Khmer: ក្រុងយ៉ានកុង (krongyaankong), រង្គុន (rŭəngkun), រ៉ង់ហ្គូន (rɑnggoun), 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) Pashto: رنګون‎ (rangūn) Persian: یانگون‎ (yângon) Polish: Rangun (pl) m Portuguese: Yangon f, Rangum f Punjabi: رنګون‎ (rangūn) Russian: Янго́н m (Jangón), Рангу́н m (Rangún) 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, Yangon

Anagrams

• nongay

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Yangon f

1. Yangon (a city in Myanmar)

Synonyms

• Rangum