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martavan

martavan is the alternative form of martaban.

Meaning of martaban

Noun

martaban (plural martabans)

  1. (historical) A large glazed pottery vessel of a kind exported from Martaban, used to hold water, rice, fish, etc.
    Synonyms:
    Pegu jar

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Proper noun capitalized: Martavan

Martavan

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Martaban.

Forms of martavan

pluralmartavans

Questions about martavan

What is martavan the alternative form of?
Martavan is the alternative form of martaban.
What part of speech is martavan?
Martavan is a proper noun.

Words near martavan in the dictionary

  1. martagon
  2. martagons
  3. Martainville
  4. Martakert
  5. Martand
  6. martavan
  7. martavans
  8. Martchuck
  9. Marte
  10. marteau
  11. marteaux

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Adapted from Wiktionary: martavan (page history and authors); Martavan (page history and authors); martaban (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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