1. Rohingya - Noun
2. Rohingya - Proper noun
Rohingya
The Indo-European language spoken in Arakan, Myanmar, closely related to Chittagonian.
Rohingya pl (plural only)
The people of Arakan, Myanmar, who speak this language.
According to Tun Khin, the president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), as of 28 June 2012, 650 Rohingyas have been killed, 1,200 are missing, and more than 80,000 have been displaced. Source: Internet
A first group of more than 1,600 Rohingya, members of a minority group who have fled from Myanmar, was relocated from their rickety camps near the Myanmar border to Bhasan Char earlier in the month. Source: Internet
And on Thursday, the West African country got a victory, when the ICJ unanimously ordered Myanmar must protect the remaining Rohingya still within its borders, and required the country to report on its progress. Source: Internet
Blaming Zafar for sparking the recent wave of debate and causing the community to become a target, the coalition rejected Zafar and his call for citizenship, noting that most Rohingya refugees are waiting on official resettlement or to return to Myanmar. Source: Internet
Around 100 Rohingya refugees are believed to have perished in the Bay of Bengal, as country after country pushed them back out to sea. Source: Internet
Bangladeshi officials in recent months have picked up about 1,000 Rohingya in boats or at locations where they planned to board boats. Source: Internet