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burma

/ˈbɝmə/

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What does burma mean?

proper noun

  1. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.

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They live in the same area, but are far more recent immigrants from Burma, and differ considerably from the Nagas.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
It was always going to arrive from Burma sometime or other, but it never did.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895
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Although Burma remains a poor Asian country, its rich resources furnish the potential for substantial long-term increases in income, exports, and living standards.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1994 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #180
Yet I had had leisure to review the whole troop of events which had crowded my life since the return of Nayland Smith from Burma.
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173
Petrol is distilled from oil which comes from wells bored deep down in the ground in Pennsylvania, in the south of Russia, in Burma, and elsewhere.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777