Yangon

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Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်; MLCTS: rankun mrui, pronounced: [jàɴɡòuɴ mjo̰]; cried Rangoon an aa, literally: "End o Strife") is a umwhile caipital o Myanmar (Burma) an the caipital o Yangon Region (umwhilie Yangon Diveesion). Although the military govrenment haes offeecially relocatit the caipital tae Naypyidaw syne Mairch 2006,^[1] Yangon, wi a population o ower fower million, continues tae be the kintra's lairgest ceety an the maist important commercial centre.

Etymology

Yangon (ရန်ကုန်) is a combination o the twa wirds yan (ရန်) an koun (ကုန်), which mean "enemies" an "run oot o" respectively. It is forby translatit as "End o Strife". "Rangoon" maist likely comes frae the Breetish imitation o the pronunciation o "Yangon" in the Rakhine dialect (Arakanese) o Burmese, which is [rɔ̀ɴɡʊ́ɴ].

Sister ceeties

References

↑ "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 27 Mairch 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2006.
↑ "Nanning and Yangon Become Sister Cities". City Government of Nanning. 18 Julie 2009. Archived frae the original on 10 Julie 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
↑ Nwe Nwe Aye and Wai Phyo Myint (30 Mey 2005). "Yunnan keen to boost economic, trade ties". The Myanmar Times.^{[deid airtin]}

Coordinates: 16°47′42″N 96°09′36″E / 16.795°N 96.16°E / 16.795; 96.16

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[1] "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 27 Mairch 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2006.

[2] "Nanning and Yangon Become Sister Cities". City Government of Nanning. 18 Julie 2009. Archived frae the original on 10 Julie 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2010.

[3] Nwe Nwe Aye and Wai Phyo Myint (30 Mey 2005). "Yunnan keen to boost economic, trade ties". The Myanmar Times.^{[deid airtin]}

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