1. rangoon - Noun
2. Rangoon - Proper noun
the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta
Source: WordNetAfter 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