Burma
English
Alternative forms
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
- A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.
- 1898, Archibald R. Colquhoun, “The Geographical Question”, in China in Transformation[1], Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, 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 of the nation. See Names of Myanmar on Wikipedia.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Anagrams
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
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension
Inflection of Burma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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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 | — | |
abessive | Burmatta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Irish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma m (genitive Bhurma)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Maenmar
Declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Mutation
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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, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Burma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Myanmar (official, but rarely used)
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bȗrma f (Cyrillic spelling Бу̑рма)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma n (genitive Burmas)
- Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
- Synonym: Myanmar
Related terms
Further reading
- Burma in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Burma (“Burma”). Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma /bəmà/), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma /mjàɴmà/).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbuɾma/ [ˈbuɾ.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -uɾma
- Syllabification: Bur‧ma
Proper noun
Burma (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜋ)
- Burma (a country in Southeast 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Anagrams
- English terms borrowed from Burmese
- English terms derived from Burmese
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)mə
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)mə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Countries in Asia
- en:Countries
- English terms with quotations
- Farefare lemmas
- Farefare proper nouns
- gur:Villages in Burkina Faso
- gur:Places in Burkina Faso
- Finnish terms borrowed from Burmese
- Finnish terms derived from Burmese
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/urmɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/urmɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Countries in Asia
- fi:Countries
- Finnish koira-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Irish terms borrowed from Burmese
- Irish terms derived from Burmese
- Irish lemmas
- Irish proper nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Countries in Asia
- ga:Countries
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Burmese
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Burmese
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Countries in Asia
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Burmese
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Burmese
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Countries in Asia
- nn:Countries
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Burmese
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Burmese
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Countries in Asia
- sh:Countries
- Swedish terms borrowed from Burmese
- Swedish terms derived from Burmese
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Countries in Asia
- sv:Countries
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Burmese
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uɾma
- Rhymes:Tagalog/uɾma/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Countries in Asia
- tl:Countries
- Tagalog terms with quotations