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rangoon

/ɹæŋˈɡuːn/

rangoon noun: a deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with a specified ingredient (typically crab).

Noun

rangoon (plural rangoons)

  1. A deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with a specified ingredient (typically crab).
    • Instead he orders beef vindaloo, Cantonese lobster with ginger sauce, pork rangoon, and something called salad pizza. He pays for it, eats it, and leaves the cartons in his living room, every inch of which is piled with books.2003 05, Suzanne Finnamore, The Zygote Chronicles, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 10
    • "I wanted to scream, Why don't you just take the damn thing out of there and ask me to marry you? But, nothing. The man just sat there and then looked down and finished eating his fucking chicken Rangoon."2004 May 12, Olivia Goldsmith, Dumping Billy, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN

Proper noun capitalized: Rangoon

Rangoon

  1. (historical) Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar before Naypyidaw was made the capital in 2006.

Examples of rangoon in a sentence

  • [...] spanakopita, and dolmades peacefully coexist on the menu with Goan coconut curry, shrimp rangoon, samosas, and chicken biryani.2009 04, Laura Taxel, Cleveland Ethnic Eats: The Guide to Authentic Ethnic Restaurants and Markets in Greater Cleveland, Gray & Company...
  • The box exploded on my chest, and I was covered from head to toe with chicken rangoon.2011 02, Robert Thornhill, Lady Justice Takes a C.R.A.P., Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 32:
  • They ordered in Chinese—fried egg rolls, wontons stuffed with pork, crispy orange beef, greasy lo mein, and shrimp Rangoon.2013 June 18, Ingrid Thoft, Loyalty, Penguin, →ISBN:

Forms of rangoon

pluralrangoons

Origin of rangoon

Back-formed from crab rangoon.

From the pronunciation of Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun) in the Rakhine dialect.

Words formed from rangoon

Phrases with rangoon

Words that rhyme with rangoon

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Questions about rangoon

What does rangoon mean?
Rangoon means a deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with a specified ingredient (typically crab).
How do you use rangoon in a sentence?
[...] spanakopita, and dolmades peacefully coexist on the menu with Goan coconut curry, shrimp rangoon, samosas, and chicken biryani.
What part of speech is rangoon?
Rangoon can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rangoon?
Rangoon is pronounced /ɹæŋˈɡuːn/.
What is the plural of rangoon?
The plural of rangoon is rangoons.

Words near rangoon in the dictionary

  1. rangling
  2. rango
  3. rangoes
  4. rangoli
  5. rangolis
  6. rangoon
  7. Rangoon creeper
  8. Rangoon creepers
  9. Rangoonese
  10. rangoons
  11. rangos

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