Burma
English
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
- Myanmar; a country in Southeast Asia, on the west coast of the Indochina Peninsula.
Usage notes
Burma is a traditional name of Myanmar, and was the official name until 1989. It is still used to express disapproval of the military government which changed the name. See Names of Burma on Wikipedia.
Derived terms
Translations
Southeast Asian country (former name) — See also translations at Myanmar
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See also
- Countries of the world
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma
- Burma (Myanmar)
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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Burmatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma m (genitive Bhurma)
Declension
Declension of Burma
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish 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 by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “Burma” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bûːrma/
- Hyphenation: Bur‧ma
Proper noun
Bȗrma f (Cyrillic spelling Бу̑рма)
Declension
Declension of Burma
| singular | |
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| nominative | Burma |
| genitive | Burme |
| dative | Burmi |
| accusative | Burmu |
| vocative | Burmo |
| locative | Burmi |
| instrumental | Burmom |
Swedish
Etymology
From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).
Proper noun
Burma n (genitive Burmas)
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish Burma (“Burma”). Ultimately from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma /bəmà/), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma /mjàɴmà/).
Proper noun
Burma
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