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Burma

Burma

See also: burma, Búrma, and ɓurma

English

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Myanmar; a country in Southeast Asia, on the west coast of the Indochina Peninsula.

Usage notes

Burma is a traditional name of Myanmar, and was the official name 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

Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world

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Finnish

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Burma

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Burma

Synonyms

  • Myanmar (official, but rarely used)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Burma

Synonyms

  • Myanmar (official, but rarely used)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bûːrma/
  • Hyphenation: Bur‧ma

Proper noun

Bȗrma f (Cyrillic spelling Бу̑рма)

  1. Burma

Declension


Swedish

Proper noun

Burma n

  1. Burma

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Burma (Burma).

Proper noun

Burma

  1. Burma

burma

burma

See also: Burma, Búrma, and ɓurma

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

bȗrma f (Cyrillic spelling бу̑рма)

  1. wedding ring
  2. (obsolete) **** (fastener)

Declension

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