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Rangoon.

Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar before Naypyidaw was made the capital in 2006.

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name/ɹæŋˈɡuːn/
  1. Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar before Naypyidaw was made the capital in 2006.

    historical
Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.