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Rakhine meaning in Myanmar

ရခိုင်လူမျိုး ra.hkuinglu-myui:

/rəˈkaɪn/

Rakhine in Myanmar: ရခိုင်လူမျိုး (ra.hkuinglu-myui:), ရခိုင် (ra.hkuing). In English, Rakhine means an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma), forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State. They were formerly called the Arakanese.

Myanmar words for Rakhine

ethnic group in Myanmar
ရခိုင်လူမျိုး ra.hkuinglu-myui:, ရခိုင် ra.hkuing

English meaning of Rakhine

  1. noun An ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma), forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State. They were formerly called the Arakanese.
  2. proper noun The Arakanese language.
  3. proper noun A state of Myanmar.

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Questions about Rakhine in Myanmar

What is the meaning of Rakhine in Myanmar?
Rakhine in Myanmar is ရခိုင်လူမျိုး (ra.hkuinglu-myui:), ရခိုင် (ra.hkuing).
Rakhine ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Rakhine: ရခိုင်လူမျိုး (ra.hkuinglu-myui:), ရခိုင် (ra.hkuing).
What does Rakhine mean in English?
Rakhine means 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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