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Myanmar (nation)
Coordinates:
Lat: 22 00 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 22.0000 decimal degrees
Long: 098 00 00 E degrees minutes Long: 98.0000 decimal degrees
Note: Settled in 5th millennium BCE; early home to Mongolian people from Tibet from 5th century BCE; Hindus settled 3rd century; united under dynasty at Pagan 11th century; overthrown by Mongols 13th century; united under Toungoo dynasty 16th century and as modern state in 18th century; official language is Burmese, but others are used by ethnic groups including Indians, Chinese, Karen, and Shan.
Names:
Myanma (preferred C ,V ,Vietnamese )Myanma Burmese (transliterated)-P ,U )Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw (C ,V ,O ,Burmese )Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw Burmese (transliterated) ,U )Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (C ,V ,Burmese ,U ,N )Pyeitawinzu Myanma Naingngandaw (C ,V ,Burmese ,U ,N )Myanmar (C ,O ,English-P ,U ,N ) ............ name was changed from "Burma" in 1989 Myanmar Quechuan )Myanmar Somali )Myanmar Tagalog )Myanmar Malagasy )Myanmar Ilocano )Myanmar Indonesian )Myanmar Azerbaijani )Myanmar Danish )Myanmar Norwegian (Nynorsk) )Myanmar Finnish )Myanmar Swedish )Myanmar Polish )Myanmar Portuguese )Myanmar Romanian )Myanmar Slovak )Myanmar Spanish-P ,U ,N )Myanmar Aragonese )Myanmar Asturian )Myanmar Welsh )Myanmar Kurdish )Myanmar German )Myanmar Low German )Myanmar Czech )Myanmar Dutch )Myanmar French-P ,U ,N )Myanmar Galician )Myanmar Italian )Myanmar Estonian )Myanmar Turkish )Myanmar Norwegian (Bokmål) )Myanmar Romansh )Myanmar Malay (macrolanguage) )Myanmar North Ndebele )Myanmar Pampanga )Myanmar Shona )Myanmar Ido )Myanmar Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) )Republic of the Union of Myanmar (C ,O ) ............ from 2011 Burma (C ,O ,Magyar (Hungarian) )Burma Danish )Burma Finnish )Burma Swedish )Burma Faroese )Burma Sicilian )Burma Greenlandic )Burma Norwegian (Bokmål) )Burma Upper Sorbian )Burma Norwegian )Burma Northern Sami )Union of Burma (C ,O ,English )Birmanie (C ,O ,French )Birmanie Arpitan )Birma (C ,O ,Polish )Birma Estonian )Birma Western Frisian )Birmania (C ,O ,Latin )Birmania Basque )Birmania Albanian )Birmania Italian )Birmania Occitan )Birmânia (C ,O )မြန်ြာ (C ,V ,Burmese-P ,U )မြည်ေထာင်စ ု ဘြ္မ တမြန်ြာနို င်ငံေတာ် (C ,V ,O ,Burmese ,U )Мьянма (C ,O ,Kyrgyz )Мьянма Russian-P ,U )Союз Мьянма (C ,O ,Russian ,U )缅甸 (C ,O ,Chinese-P ,U )缅甸联邦 (C ,O ,Chinese ,U )م اِنمار (C ,O ,Arabic-P ,U )اتحاد م اِنما (C ,O ,Arabic ,U )MMR (C ,O ,ISO3L )MM (C ,O ,ISO2L )ISO104 (C ,O ,ISO3N )BM (C ,O ,FIPS )Burmese (C ,O ,English ,U ,A )מיאנמאר (C ,U ,Hebrew )Barmanie (C ,U )Bimani (C ,U ,Haitian (Haitian Creole) )Birimaniya (C ,U ,Rundi )Birma (Myanmar) (C ,U ,English )Birma (Myanmar) German )Birmánia (C ,U ,Tetum )Birmània (C ,U ,Catalan )Birmania (Myanmar) (C ,U ,Spanish )Birmania/Myanmar (C ,U ,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) )Birmanya (C ,U ,Turkish )Birmo (C ,U ,Esperanto )Börma (C ,U ,Limburgan )Burmah (C ,U )Burma, Miyamar (C ,U ,Hausa )Byrmani (C ,U ,Cornish )e-Myanmar [Burma] (C ,U ,Zulu )Maenmar (C ,U ,Irish Gaelic )Mi-an-ma (C ,U ,Vietnamese )Mianmar (C ,U ,Magyar (Hungarian) )Mianmar Scots Gaelic )Mianmar Afrikaans )Mianmarän (C ,U ,Volapük )Mianmaras (C ,U ,Lithuanian )Mianmar [Birmânia] (C ,U ,Portuguese )Mianmaro Sąjunga (C ,U ,Lithuanian )Mien (C ,U )Miến Điện (Myanmar) (C ,U ,Vietnamese )Mijanma (C ,U ,Croatian )Mijanmar (C ,U ,Croatian )Mijanmar Bosnian )Miyamaar (C ,U ,Fulah )Miyanma (C ,U ,Akan )Mjanma [Birma] (C ,U ,Latvian )Mjanmao (C ,U ,Esperanto )Mjanmar (C ,U ,Maltese )Mjanmar Croatian )Mjanmar Bosnian )Mjanmar Slovene )Mjanmar Icelandic )Mjanmar [Burma] (C ,U ,Slovene )Mjanmarsko (C ,U ,Slovak )Myama (C ,U ,Kikuyu )Myama Swahili (generic) )Myämâra (C ,U ,Sangho )Myamare (C ,U ,Luba-Katanga )Myanima (C ,U ,Ganda (Ugandan language) )Myanimari (C ,U ,Bambara )Myanmā (C ,U )Myanma Naingngandaw (C ,U )Myanmar - ဴမန္မာ (C ,U ,Galician )Myanmar [Birmania] (C ,U ,Spanish )Myanmar [Birmania] Breton )Myanmar [Birmània] (C ,U ,Catalan )Myanmar (Burma) (C ,U ,Czech )Myanmar [Burma] nutome (C ,U ,Ewe )Myanmar (Union de) (C ,U ,French )Orílẹ́ède Manamari (C ,U ,Yoruba )Pema (C ,U ,Tonga (Tonga Islands) )ब्रह्मदेश (C ,U ,Sanskrit )Мянма (C ,U ,Tajik )Мянма Ukrainian )মায়ানমার (C ,U ,Bengali )미얀마 (C ,U ,Korean )ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံ (C ,U ,Burmese )Մյանմա (C ,U ,Armenian )មីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា (C ,U ,Khmer )מייאנמאר (C ,U ,Hebrew )ማያንማር (C ,U ,Tigrinya )ማያንማር Amharic )میانمار (C ,U ,Kurdish )میانمار Persian-Farsi )ބަރުމާ (C ,U ,Maldivian (Divehi) )מיאנמר (C ,U ,Hebrew )ประเทศพม่า (C ,U ,Thai )म्यन्मार (C ,U ,Kashmiri )بىرما (C ,U ,Uyghur )Μυανμάρ (C ,U ,Greek )ミャンマー (C ,U ,Japanese )Мјанмар (C ,U ,Macedonian )მიანმარი (C ,U ,Georgian )ສະຫະພາບພະມ້າ (C ,U ,Lao )म्यानमार (C ,U ,Hindi )Μιανμάρ (C ,U ,Greek )མེ་མར (C ,U ,Dzongkha )འབར་མ། (C ,U ,Tibetan )म्यान्मार (C ,U ,Nepali )ミャンマー連邦 (C ,U ,Japanese )М'янма (C ,U ,Belarusian )مایانمار (C ,U ,Persian-Farsi )ميانمار -بورما (C ,U ,Arabic )מיינמר (C ,U ,Hebrew )മ്യാന്മാര് (C ,U ,Malayalam )Мианмар [Бирма] (C ,U ,Bulgarian )மியான்மார் [பர்மா] (C ,U ,Tamil )Мијанмар [Бурма] (C ,U ,Serbian )म्यानमार [ब्रह्मदेश] (C ,U ,Marathi )ମିୟାମାର୍ (C ,U ,Odia )Мʼянма [Бірма] (C ,U ,Ukrainian )મ્યાંમાર (C ,U ,Gujarati )မြန်မာ (C ,U ,Burmese )میانمار [برما] (C ,U ,Urdu )Мјанмар [Бурма] (C ,U ,Macedonian )මියන්මාරය (C ,U ,Sinhala )म्याँमार (C ,U ,Hindi )మ్యాన్మార్ (C ,U ,Telugu )মায়নমার (C ,U ,Bengali )เมียนม่าร์ [พม่า] (C ,U ,Thai )ಮಯನ್ಮಾರ್ (C ,U ,Kannada )BUR (H ,O )Pyidaungsu Socialist Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw (H ,V ) ............ 1974-1978 République socialiste de l'Union birmane (H ,O ) ............ 1974-1978 Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (H ,O ) ............ 1974-1978 Unión de Myanmar (H ,V ,Spanish ,U ,N ) ............ 1989-2011 Union du Myanmar (H ,O ,French ,U ,N ) ............ 1989-2011 Union of Myanmar (H ,O ,English ,U ,N ) ............ 1989-2011
Hierarchical Position:
.... Asia (continent) (P )
Additional Parents:
.... Asia (continent) (P )
Place Types:
nation (preferred C ) ............ modern state founded 18th cen.; gained independence January 4, 1948
primary political unit (C )
independent sovereign nation (C )
republic (C )
controlled region (H ) ............ British, 19th-20th cen.
colony (H ) ............ British, established 1937
province (H ) ............ of British India, until 1937
kingdom (H ) ............ founded 19th cen.
independent political entity (C )
Related geographic places:
capital is .... Nay Pyi Taw .................. (World, Asia, Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw) [1066257]
member of .... Commonwealth of Nations ................ (World) [7005615] ................ resigned from the association in 1948
member of .... United Nations ................ (World) [7029605] ................ joined organization in 1948
Sources and Contributors:
မြည်ေထာင်စ ု ဘြ္မ တမြန်ြာနို င်ငံေတာ်.......... [VP ] .............................................................. UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 8 August 2013
ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံ.......... [VP ] ..................................................... GeoNames online [n.d.] 1327865
Pyidaungsu Socialist Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw.......... [VP ] ................................................................................ Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 101
Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw.......... [VP ] ................................................................. GeoNames online [n.d.] 1327865................................................................. UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 29 July 2013
Republic of the Union of Myanmar.......... [VP ] ..................................................... ISO Newsletter VI-9 (2011) accessed 9 January 2012
République socialiste de l'Union birmane.......... [VP ] ................................................................. ISO Handbook (1988) 776
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