Rangoon

/ ræŋˈɡuːn /

noun

1. See Yangon
   the former official name (until 1989, but still widely used) of Yangon

Example Sentences

But Than Dar ignored them, intent on a traditional Buddhist funeral for her husband in Rangoon.

From The Daily Beast

Burma is now Myanmar, Rangoon is Yangon, Prome is Pyay and Pegu is Bago.

From The Daily Beast

Obama announced the reestablishment of the U.S. AID mission in Rangoon.

From The Daily Beast

Signaled its acceptance of the United Nations human-rights office in Rangoon.

From The Daily Beast

Then she flew to Rangoon to cover the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from 15 years of house arrest.

From The Daily Beast

The English army had left Rangoon, and were advancing towards Prome, when these severe measures were taken with the prisoners.

From Project Gutenberg

Frighten him away, he's after those chocolates wrapped in silver paper that you brought up from Rangoon.

From Project Gutenberg

We see columns encrusted with little bits of many-coloured looking-glass, like those we saw in Rangoon.

From Project Gutenberg

In Rangoon the lighter-skinned and lighter-hearted Burmese contrast rather notably with the dark and serious Hindus.

From Project Gutenberg

Still further north, at Rangoon, on the Irrawaddy, we find the same contrivance described by Symes in 1795.

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