Burma
See also: burma, Búrma, and ɓurma
English
Alternative forms
- Birma, Birmah (obsolete)
- Burmah (archaic)
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma); see Myanmar for more.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝmə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːmə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mə
- Hyphenation: Bur‧ma
Proper noun
Burma
- Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia), on the west coast of the Indochina Peninsula.
- 1898, Colquhoun, Archibald R., “The Geographical Question”, in China in Transformation, Harper & Brothers, OCLC 2019080, 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
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 Burma on Wikipedia.
Derived terms
- Burma Road
- Burmese
Translations
Southeast Asian country (former name) — See also translations at Myanmar
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See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Anagrams
- rumba, umbra
Farefare
Proper noun
Burma
- Bourma (a village in the Zabré department, Boulgou, Burkina Faso)
Finnish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈburmɑ/, [ˈburmɑ]
- Rhymes: -urmɑ
- Syllabification(key): Bur‧ma
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma (Myanmar)
Declension
| Inflection of Burma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Burmatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Burma (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Burmani | Burmamme |
| 2nd person | Burmasi | Burmanne |
| 3rd person | Burmansa | |
Anagrams
- rumba, umbra
Irish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma m (genitive Bhurma)
- Burma
- Synonym: Maenmar
Declension
Declension of Burma
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- Burmach (“Burman, Burmese”, adjective)
- Burmach m (“Burman, Burmese”)
- Burmais f (“the Burmese language”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- “Burma” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “Burma” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma
- Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)
Related terms
- burmeser, myanmarer
- burmesisk, myanmarsk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma
- Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)
Related terms
- burmesar, myanmarar
- burmesisk, myanmarsk
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bûːrma/
- Hyphenation: Bur‧ma
Proper noun
Bȗrma f (Cyrillic spelling Бу̑рма)
- Burma
Declension
Declension of Burma
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Burma |
| genitive | Burme |
| dative | Burmi |
| accusative | Burmu |
| vocative | Burmo |
| locative | Burmi |
| instrumental | Burmom |
Swedish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma n (genitive Burmas)
- Burma
- Synonym: Myanmar
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Burma (“Burma”). Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma /bəmà/), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma /mjàɴmà/).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Bur‧ma
- IPA(key): /ˈbuɾma/, [ˈbuɾ.mɐ]
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma (a country in 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.