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rangoon
/ɹæŋˈɡun/
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What does rangoon mean?
noun
- A deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with a specified ingredient (typically crab).
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proper noun
- (historical) Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar before Naypyidaw was made the capital in 2006.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹæŋˈɡun/
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The “Rangoon” rolled heavily and the passengers became impatient of the long, monstrous waves which the wind raised before their path.
Nothing is better for this purpose than rangoon oil.
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"Smith," I said at last, "what was that horrible wailing we heard, and what did Fu-Manchu mean when he referred to Rangoon? I noticed how it affected you."
But in the great Indian famine of the seventies that ship, already old then, made some wonderful dashes across the Gulf of Bengal with cargoes of rice from Rangoon to Madras.