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Arakanese

Arakanese is the alternative form of Rakhine.

Meaning of Rakhine

Noun

Rakhine pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma), forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State. They were formerly called the Arakanese.

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Forms of Arakanese

comparativemore Arakanese
superlativemost Arakanese

Questions about Arakanese

What is Arakanese the alternative form of?
Arakanese is the alternative form of Rakhine.

Words near Arakanese in the dictionary

  1. Araizas
  2. arak
  3. Arakaki
  4. Arakakis
  5. Arakan
  6. Arakanese
  7. Arakawa
  8. arakawaite
  9. Arakawas
  10. Arakcheevism
  11. Arakcheyevism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Arakanese (page history and authors); Rakhine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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