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Yangon meaning in Myanmar

ရန်ကုန် rankun

/jæŋˈɡɒn/US/jɑŋˈɡɑn/

Yangon in Myanmar: ရန်ကုန် (rankun). In English, Yangon means the largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).

Myanmar words for Yangon

largest city in Myanmar
ရန်ကုန် rankun

English meaning of Yangon

  1. proper noun The largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).

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Questions about Yangon in Myanmar

What is the meaning of Yangon in Myanmar?
Yangon in Myanmar is ရန်ကုန် (rankun).
Yangon ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Yangon: ရန်ကုန် (rankun).
What does Yangon mean in English?
Yangon means the largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yangon (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Myanmar words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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