rangoon

Speech parts

1. rangoon - Noun

2. Rangoon - Proper noun

Meaning

the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Yangon ragout thein ragu yangown

Phrases with the word

rangoon bean

Anagrams

organon argonon Noongar Nagorno

Examples

After she underwent a hysterectomy in September 2003, citation the government again placed her under house arrest in Rangoon. Source: Internet

BBC News Online. 14 February 2001 "India, Burma to discuss insurgency, arms smuggling in Rangoon". Source: Internet

Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest at her home on University Avenue (coord49) in Rangoon, during which time she was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990, and the Nobel Peace Prize the year after. Source: Internet

But the town was near Rangoon, a cosmopolitan seaport, and Blair went into the city as often as he could, "to browse in a bookshop; to eat well-cooked food; to get away from the boring routine of police life". Source: Internet

Burma, which had relations with both North and South Korea, "de-recognized" the DPRK and expelled North Korean officials in response to the attempted assassination of South Korean president Chun Doo-hwan in Rangoon. Source: Internet

Born in Rangoon, Burma (present day Yangon, Myanmar) on 17 October 1859 to Armenian parents from New Julfa, Iran Diana Apcar was the youngest of seven children in the family. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rangle rango rangoli rangoon bean Rangoon creeper Rangoonese