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gaung-baung

gaung-baung is the alternative form of gaung baung.

Meaning of gaung baung

Noun

gaung baung (plural gaung baungs)

  1. A traditional Burmese turban.
    • By the far bank a knot of men, one of them wearing a green gaungbaung, were waiting beside a sampan.1934, George Orwell, chapter 21, in Burmese Days

Forms of gaung-baung

pluralgaung-baungs

Questions about gaung-baung

What is gaung-baung the alternative form of?
Gaung-baung is the alternative form of gaung baung.

Words near gaung-baung in the dictionary

  1. gaunches
  2. gaunching
  3. gaung
  4. gaung baung
  5. gaung baungs
  6. gaung-baung
  7. gaung-baungs
  8. gaungbaung
  9. gaungbaungs
  10. gaungs
  11. Gaunless

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