နေပြည်တော် • (nepranytau) (Romanization: MLCTS: nepranytau • ALA-LC: nepraññ‘to‘ • BGN/PCGN: nepyidaw • Okell: neipyito)
နေ (ne, “sun”) + ပြည် (prany, “country; royal city”) + -တော် (-tau, “royal”), literally, "royal city of the sun".