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burma
/ˈbɝmə/
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What does burma mean?
proper noun
- 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.
It was always going to arrive from Burma sometime or other, but it never did.
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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.
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.
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.