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gaung baung

gaung baung noun: a traditional Burmese turban.

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
    • Maneuvering amid the personalities and protocol of sticky Washington last week was an open-faced, roundly smiling, improbable-looking man in a gaung baung (gauze turbanlike cap with side bow) […]1955 January 11, “Neutral but Nice”, in Time

gaung baung meaning in Myanmar

gaung baung in Myanmar

Translations
ခေါင်းပေါင်း hkaung:paung:

Forms of gaung baung

pluralgaung baungs
alternative formgaungbaung
alternative formgaung-baung

Origin of gaung baung

Borrowed from Burmese ခေါင်းပေါင်း (hkaung:paung:).

Questions about gaung baung

What does gaung baung mean?
Gaung baung means a traditional Burmese turban.
What is gaung baung in Myanmar?
Gaung baung in Myanmar is ခေါင်းပေါင်း (hkaung:paung:). See Gaung baung meaning in Myanmar.
What part of speech is gaung baung?
Gaung baung is a noun.
What is the plural of gaung baung?
The plural of gaung baung is gaung baungs.

Words near gaung baung in the dictionary

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

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