name
Meaning 1
The Arakanese language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Rakhine
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Pronunciation
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/rəˈkaɪn/
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name
Meaning 2
A state of Myanmar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Rakhine State
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma), forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State. They were formerly called the Arakanese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Burmese ရခိုင် (ra.hkuing).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: মগ (mog) — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Bengali: মারমা (marma) — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Bengali: রাখাইন (rakhain) — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Burmese: ရခိုင်လူမျိုး (ra.hkuinglu-myui:) — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Burmese: ရခိုင် (ra.hkuing) — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Chinese: 若開 /若开 (Ruòkāi) — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Hindi: रखाइन (rakhāin) — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Pa'o Karen: ရခဲင်ႏ — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Persian: مگ (mag) — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Shan: ယၶႅင်ႇ (yǎ khèng) — ethnic group in Myanmar
- Shan: ရၶႅင်ႇ (rǎ khèng) — ethnic group in Myanmar