Ayeyarwady
Proper noun
Meaning
Ayeyarwady
Alternative form of Irrawaddy (“river of Burma/Myanmar”)
Examples
The exoplanet has a mass 3.4 times that of Jupiter and takes over two years to complete an orbit of Ayeyarwady.
Tigers—thought to number just 22 in Myanmar—pangolins, elephants and various vulture species as well as the critically endangered Ayeyarwady dolphin and Siamese crocodile can now also be bred for their meat and skin.
On a stretch of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady River, 26 dolphins and fishermen from six villages have formed a unique bond — they fish together.
They include Ayeyarwady Bank and Asia Green Development Bank, owned by tycoons Zaw Zaw and Tay Za, respectively.
Irrawaddy Flotilla Company was also in service along the Ayeyarwady River in the 20th century, until 1942, when the fleet was destroyed to prevent invading Japanese forces from making use of it.
The Irrawaddy (or Ayeyarwady) River in Myanmar flows into the Andaman Sea of the Bay of Bengal and once had thick mangrove forest of its own.