Standard Lemma guide

Myanmar

adj · name · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈmjɑnˌmɑɹ/
  • General-American: /ˌmjɑnˈmɑɹ/
  • General-American: /ˈmjænˌmɑɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /mjænˈmɑː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmjæn.mɑː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ̯.ænˌmɑː/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /mjanˈmɑː/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈmjan.mɑː/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈmɑjanˌmɑː/
  • SSB Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /mjanˈmaɾ/
  • Scotland: /ˈmjan.maɾ/
  • Scotland: /ˈmʌɪ̯.anˌmaɾ/
  • Wales: /mjanˈmaː/
  • Wales: /ˈmjan.maː/
  • Wales: /ˈmaɪ̯.anˌmaː/
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: M Y AA1 N M AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Myanmar, Burmese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Myanmar harp

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Burmese, Myanma

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Burma

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country of Myanmar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Burmese

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

The script in which the Myanmar language is written.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Burmese

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • much opium is grown in Myanmar

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Union of Burma, Burma

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian country, Asian nation

History

Etymology

Borrowed, initially into British English, from Burmese မြန်မာ (mranma), the formal Burmese name of the main ethnic group in Myanmar; ဗမာ (ba.ma), from which Burma is derived, is the informal name. Both Burmese terms are also adjectives meaning "Burmese" (related to Myanmar/Burma, its, people, language, etc). Like the r in the word Burma, the r at the end of Myanmar was not originally pronounced (and is not present in the Burmese term), it is a vowel-lengthening device used by non-rhotic dialects; compare gorm.

Across languages

Translations

187 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: Мианма (Mjanma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Afrikaans: Mianmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Albanian: Birmania — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Albanian: Mjanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Amharic: በርማ (bärma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Arabic: مِيَانْمَار (miyānmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Arabic: بُورْمَا (burmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Arabic: بِرْمَانْيَا (birmānyā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Armenian: Մյանմա (Myanma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Armenian: Բիրմա (Birma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Assamese: মানদেশ (mandex) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Assamese: ব্ৰহ্মদেশ (brohmodex) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Assamese: ম্যানমাৰ (myanmar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Asturian: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Azerbaijani: Myanma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Bashkir: Мьянма (Mʹyanma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Belarusian: М'я́нмар (Mʺjánmar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Belarusian: М'я́нма (Mʺjánma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Belarusian: Бі́рма (Bírma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Bengali: মিয়ানমার (miẏanomar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Bengali: বার্মা (barma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Bengali: ব্রহ্মদেশ (brohmodeś) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Breton: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Bulgarian: Миа́нмар (Miánmar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Bulgarian: Би́рма (Bírma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Burmese: မြန်မာ (mranma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Catalan: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Cherokee: ᎹᏯᎹᎵ (mayamali) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Chinese Cantonese: 緬甸 /缅甸 — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Chinese: 緬甸 /缅甸 (Bián-tián) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緬甸 /缅甸 (Miǎndiàn) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Wu Chinese: 緬甸 /缅甸 (6mi-di) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Czech: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Danish: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Dhivehi: މިއަންމާ (mian̊mā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Dhivehi: ބަރުމާ (barumā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Dutch: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Dzongkha: མེ་མར — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Esperanto: Mjanmao — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Esperanto: Birmo — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Estonian: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Estonian: Birma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Farefare: Mianma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Farefare: Miama — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Farefare: Bama — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Finnish: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • French: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • French: Birmanie — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Galician: Birmania — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Galician: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Georgian: მიანმარი (mianmari) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Georgian: ბირმა (birma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • German: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Greek: Μυανμάρ (Myanmár) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Greek: Βιρμανία (Virmanía) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Gujarati: બ્રહ્મદેશ (brahmadeś) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hausa: Bama — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hausa: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hausa: Miyamar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hebrew: מִיאַנְמָר (myanmar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hindi: म्यानमार (myānmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hindi: म्यान्मार (myānmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hindi: बरमा (barmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hindi: ब्रह्मदेश (brahmadeś) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hindi: म्यान्मा (myānmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hindi: बर्मा (barmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Green Hmong: Meev Teem — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • White Hmong: Meev Teem — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • White Hmong: Pha Mab — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Hungarian: Mianmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Icelandic: Búrma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Icelandic: Mjanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Indonesian: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Interlingua: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Irish: Maenmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Italian: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Japanese: ミャンマー (Myanmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Japanese: ビルマ (Biruma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Kannada: ಬರ್ಮ (barma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Kashmiri: बर्मा (barmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Kazakh: Мьянма (Mänma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Khmer: មីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា (miiyanmaa) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Khmer: ភូមា (phuumiə) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Korean: 미얀마 (Miyanma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Korean: 버마 (Beoma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Korean: 먄마 (Myanma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Northern Kurdish: Miyanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Northern Kurdish: Birmanya — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Northern Kurdish: Burma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Kyrgyz: Мьянма (Myanma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Lao: ພະມ້າ (pha mā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Lao: ມຽນມາ (mīan mā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Latin: Birmania — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Latvian: Mjanma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Lithuanian: Mianmaras — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • : ᦙᦱᧃᧈ (maan1) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Lutuv: Vieruo — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Macedonian: Мјанмар (Mjanmar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Macedonian: Бурма — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Malayalam: മ്യാൻമാർ (myāṉmāṟ) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Maltese: Mjanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Manchu: ᠮᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡩᡳᠶᠠᠨ (miyan diyan) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Manx: Yn Vurmey — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Māori: Pēma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Māori: Maiāma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Marathi: ब्रह्मदेश (brahmadeś) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Marathi: म्यानमार (myānmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Mon: ဍုၚ်ဗၟာ — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Mongolian: Мьянмар (Mʹjanmar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Mongolian: Бирм (Birm) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠷᠮ (birm) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Navajo: Mííanmáa — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Nepali: म्यानमार (myānmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Nepali: ब्रह्मदेश (brahmadeś) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Norman: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Burma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Odia: ମିଆଁମାର (miā̃māra) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Pashto: ماينامار (miyānmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Pashto: برما (bərmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Iranian Persian: مِیانْمار (miyânmâr) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Iranian Persian: بِرْمِه (berme) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Polish: Birma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Polish: Mjanma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Polish: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Portuguese: Mianmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Portuguese: Birmânia — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Punjabi: ਬਰਮਾ (barmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਹਮਦੇਸ਼ (brhamadeś) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Punjabi: ਮਿਆਂਮਾਰ (miāmmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Punjabi: برما (brmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Punjabi: برہمدیش (brhmdeś) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Punjabi: میانمار (meyānmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Romanian: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Russian: Мья́нма (Mʹjánma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Russian: Би́рма (Bírma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Sanskrit: ब्रह्मदेश (brahmadeśa) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Santali: ᱢᱤᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨ (miyanmar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Serbo-Croatian: Мијанмар — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Serbo-Croatian: Мја̏нма — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Serbo-Croatian: Бу̑рма — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mijanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mjȁnma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bȗrma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Shan: မိူင်းမၢၼ်ႈ (móeng māan) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Shan: မၢၼ်ႈ (māan) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Sindhi: ميانمار (myā̃mār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Sinhalese: මියන්මාරය (miyanmāraya) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Sinhalese: බුරුමය (burumaya) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Slovak: Mjanmarsko — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Slovene: Mjanmár — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Spanish: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Spanish: Birmania — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Swedish: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Swedish: Burma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tagalog: Miyanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tagalog: Birmanya — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tagalog: Burma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tajik: Мянма (Myanma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tajik: Миёнмор (Miyonmor) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tajik: Бирма (Birma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tamil: மியான்மர் (miyāṉmar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tamil: மியன்மார் மியான்மார் (miyaṉmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tamil: பர்மா (parmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tamil: புட்பகம் (puṭpakam) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tamil: பிரம்மதேசம் (pirammatēcam) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tamil: காழகம் (kāḻakam) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tamil: கடாரம் (kaṭāram) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tatar: Мьянма (Mʹyanma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Telugu: బర్మా (barmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Thai: พม่า (pá-mâa) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Thai: เมียนมา (miian-maa) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Tibetan: བྷར་མ (bhar ma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Turkish: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Turkish: Birmanya — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Turkmen: Mýanma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Ukrainian: М'я́нма (Mʺjánma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Ukrainian: Бі́рма (Bírma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Urdu: مِیانْمار (miyānmār) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Urdu: بَرْما (barmā) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Uyghur: بىرما (birma) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Uzbek: Myanma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Vietnamese: Miến Điện — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Vietnamese: Mi-an-ma — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Vietnamese: Myanmar — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Yiddish: מיאַנמאַר (myanmar) — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
  • Zhuang: Menjden — Southeast Asian country — see also Burma
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