Etymology

rangoon

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Today it means: A deep-fried dumpling in American Asian cuisine, stuffed with a specified ingredient (typically crab). Full definition →

Burmese ရန်ကုန်
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rangoon · noun1

Back-formed from crab rangoon.

Rangoon · proper noun2

  1. Burmese · borrowed fromရန်ကုန်
  2. English todayRangoon

From the pronunciation of Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun) in the Rakhine dialect.

Words from the same roots

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Yangon

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