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Martaban

American  
[mahr-tuh-bahn] / ˌmɑr təˈbɑn /

noun

  1. Gulf of Martaban, an inlet of the Bay of Bengal, in Myanmar (Burma).


Martaban British  
/ ˌmɑːtɑːˈbɑːn /

noun

  1. an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar

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But Martaban, choked with decades of the Salween's silt, has little or no strategic value as a port for water-borne assault against Rangoon, across the Martaban Gulf.

From Time Magazine Archive

They struck directly at Moulmein, about 170 miles east of Rangoon by the railroad around the Gulf of Martaban.

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British East Indies Fleet units, standing in to the Gulf of Martaban, shelled the flatlands south of Rangoon.

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True, Martaban had fallen and Japanese troops had made a second crossing of the treacherous Salween River.

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Higher up is Prome; while there is another place, Martaban, on the shore of the gulf of that name.

From The Three Commanders by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell