Yangon
Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်; MLCTS: rankun mrui, pronounced: [jàɴɡòuɴ mjo̰]; cried Rangoon an aa, literally: "End o Strife") is a umwhile caipital o Myanmar (Burma) an the caipital o Yangon Region (umwhilie Yangon Diveesion). Although the military govrenment haes offeecially relocatit the caipital tae Naypyidaw syne Mairch 2006,[1] Yangon, wi a population o ower fower million, continues tae be the kintra's lairgest ceety an the maist important commercial centre.
Etymology
Yangon (ရန်ကုန်) is a combination o the twa wirds yan (ရန်) an koun (ကုန်), which mean "enemies" an "run oot o" respectively. It is forby translatit as "End o Strife". "Rangoon" maist likely comes frae the Breetish imitation o the pronunciation o "Yangon" in the Rakhine dialect (Arakanese) o Burmese, which is [rɔ̀ɴɡʊ́ɴ].
Sister ceeties
Kunming, Yunnan, Cheenae (2008)- Nanning, Guangxi, Cheenae (2009)[2]
- Yangzhou, Jiangsu, Cheenae (1997)[3]
References
- ↑ "Burma's new capital stages parade". BBC News. 27 Mairch 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2006.
- ↑ "Nanning and Yangon Become Sister Cities". City Government of Nanning. 18 Julie 2009. Archived frae the original on 10 Julie 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ↑ Nwe Nwe Aye and Wai Phyo Myint (30 Mey 2005). "Yunnan keen to boost economic, trade ties". The Myanmar Times.[deid airtin]