Burma
Syllables: Bur·ma/ˈbɜː.mə//ˈbɝmə/
Burma proper noun: a country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.
Proper noun
Burma
- A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.
- The province of Yunnan lies in the extreme southwest of the Empire, its southern and western borders forming the northern frontiers of Tongking and Burma respectively. On the north it is bordered by Szechuan, and on the east by Kweichau and Kwangsi. It is the third largest province of the Empire...1898, Archibald R. Colquhoun, “The Geographical Question”, in China in Transformation, Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 14
Burma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Burma in Hindi
- Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- बरमा barmā, ब्रह्मदेश brahmadeś, म्यानमार myānmār, म्यान्मार myānmār, म्यान्मा myānmā, बर्मा barmā
Burma in Tamil
- Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- பர்மா parmā, காழகம் kāḻakam, கடாரம் kaṭāram, பிரம்மதேசம் pirammatēcam
Burma in Urdu
- Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- برما barmā
Burma in Bengali
- Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- বার্মা barma, ব্রহ্মদেশ brohmodeś
More languagesFewer languages
- Burma in Kannada
- ಬರ್ಮ
- Burma in Punjabi
- ਬਰਮਾ barmā
- Burma in Gujarati
- બરમા barmā
- Burma in Sinhala
- බුරුමය burumaya, මියන්මාරය miyanmāraya
- Burma in Nepali
- बर्मा barmā
- Burma in Tagalog
- Birmanya, Burma
- Burma in Arabic
- بُورْمَا burmā
- Burma in Indonesian
- Birma
- Burma in Persian
- برمه berme
- Burma in Thai
- พม่า pá-mâa
- Burma in Vietnamese
- Myanma, Miến Điện
- Burma in Myanmar
- ဗမာ ba.ma, မြန်မာ mranma
- Dhivehi
- ބަރުމާ barumā
- Kashmiri
- बर्मा barmā
Forms of Burma
| alternative form (obsolete) | Birma |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | Birmah |
| alternative form (archaic) | Burmah |
Origin of Burma
Borrowed, initially into British English, from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma); see Myanmar for more. The r in Burma was not originally pronounced (and is not present in the Burmese term), the -ur- (alternatively also -ir-, though the spelling Birma is obsolete in English) is a device used by non-rhotic dialects to represent the schwa found in the pronunciation of the Burmese colloquial form.
Words formed from Burma
Phrases with Burma
Words that rhyme with Burma
Questions about Burma
- What does Burma mean?
- Burma means a country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.
- What is Burma in Hindi?
- Burma in Hindi is बरमा (barmā), ब्रह्मदेश (brahmadeś), म्यानमार (myānmār). See Burma meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Burma?
- Burma is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Burma?
- Burma is pronounced /ˈbɜː.mə/ (UK).
Words near Burma in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Burma (page history and authors); Burma (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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