Lashio

[ lahsh-yoh ]

noun

1. a town in northern Myanmar (Burma), northeast of Mandalay: the southwest terminus of the Burma Road.

Lashio

/ ˈlæʃɪˌəʊ /

noun

1. a town in NE central Myanmar: starting point of the Burma Road to Chongqing, China

Example Sentences

Many of the workers are from Lashio, the largest town in Shan State, and Laukkaing, home to junta-backed crime families - Laukkaing fell to rebel forces in January and Lashio was encircled, in a campaign which has changed the course of the war and China’s stake in it.

From BBC

Both towns lie along China’s prized trade corridor and the Beijing-brokered ceasefire left Lashio in the hands of the junta.

From BBC

“The fall of Lashio is one of the most humiliating defeats in the military’s history,” says Richard Horsey, Myanmar adviser to the International Crisis Group.

From BBC

The collapse of the junta's forces in either Lashio, the main town in northern Shan State which is now surrounded; in Rakhine State in the west; or in Karenni State on the border with Thailand, where insurgents are close to taking the state capital Loikaw, might lead to a much wider breakdown in military morale - and the eventual implosion of the regime.

From BBC

The Brotherhood’s Ta’ang National Liberation Army said its forces attacked a large military outpost in Lashio township on Nov. 23 and took it early the next day.

From Seattle Times