Yangon
/jæŋˈɡɒn/US/jɑŋˈɡɑn/
Yangon proper noun: the largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).
Proper noun
Yangon
Yangon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Yangon in Hindi
- largest city in Myanmar
- यांगून yāṅgūn, रंगून raṅgūn, यंगून yaṅgūn
Yangon in Tamil
- largest city in Myanmar
- ரெங்கூன் reṅkūṉ, ரங்கூன் raṅkūṉ, ரங்கம் raṅkam
Yangon in Urdu
- largest city in Myanmar
- ینگون yāngūn
Yangon in Bengali
- largest city in Myanmar
- রেঙ্গুন reṅgun
More languagesFewer languages
- Yangon in Malayalam
- രങ്കൂണ raṅkūṇa
- Yangon in Punjabi
- رنګون rangūn
- Yangon in Gujarati
- રંગુન raṅgun
- Yangon in Pashto
- رنګون rangūn
- Yangon in Tagalog
- Rangyún, Ranggún
- Yangon in Arabic
- يَانْغُون yānḡūn, يَانْجُون yānjūn
- Yangon in Persian
- یانگون yângon
- Yangon in Thai
- ย่างกุ้ง yâang-gûng
- Yangon in Vietnamese
- Răng Gun, I-an-gun, Ngưỡng Quang
- Yangon in Myanmar
- ရန်ကုန် rankun
Origin of Yangon
Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun), pronounced /jàɴɡòʊɴ/ in standard Burmese.
Words that rhyme with Yangon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- foregone
- mon
- qanon
- scone
- swan
- thereupon
- tick on
- wan
- a ton
- chignon
- con
- electron
- got it going on
- jupon
- ron
- soupçon
- thereon
- Toulon
- whereupon
- Yonne
- -hon
- -plon
- agone
- begone
- bent on
- build on
- build upon
- c'mon
- catch oneself on
- chron
- cock on
- Comecon
- conn
- cop oneself on
- Gabon
- garçon
- hither and yon
- hon
- macron
- microraion
- mont
- Perpignan
- phon
- pon
- raion
- shone
- sine qua non
- sine quibus non
Questions about Yangon
- What does Yangon mean?
- Yangon means the largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).
- What is Yangon in Hindi?
- Yangon in Hindi is यांगून (yāṅgūn), रंगून (raṅgūn), यंगून (yaṅgūn). See Yangon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Yangon?
- Yangon is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Yangon?
- Yangon is pronounced /jɑŋˈɡɑn/ (US).
Words near Yangon in the dictionary
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