Meanings
alternative obsolete Birma · alternative obsolete Birmah · alternative archaic Burmah
- A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.
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The province of Yunnan lies in the extreme southwest of the Empire, its southern and western borders forming the northern frontiers of Tongking and Burma respectively. On the north it is bordered by Szechuan, and on the east by Kweichau and Kwangsi. It is the third largest province of the Empire, its area measuring 122,000 square miles, but, as elsewhere remarked, owing to the devastatations^([sic – meaning devastations]) of the Mohammedan rebellion and ensuing plague, its population has been greatly reduced, and now is not more than 6,000,000. Yet its mineral wealth is greater and more varied than that of any other province. Its capital is Yunnan, between which town and Burma a considerable trade is carried on.
1898, Archibald R. Colquhoun, “The Geographical Question”, in China in Transformation, Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 14
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Burmeseဗမာ
- EnglishBurma
Borrowed, initially into British English, from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma); see Myanmar for more. The r in Burma was not originally pronounced (and is not present in the Burmese term), the -ur- (alternatively also -ir-, though the spelling Birma is obsolete in English) is a device used by non-rhotic dialects to represent the schwa found in the pronunciation of the Burmese colloquial form.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بُورْمَا
- بُورْمَا (burmā)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Bengali বার্মা, ব্রহ্মদেশ
- বার্মা (barma)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- ব্রহ্মদেশ (brohmodeś)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Bulgarian Би́рма
- Би́рма (Bírma)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Catalan Birmània
- BirmàniaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Chinese Cantonese 緬甸 /缅甸
- 緬甸 /缅甸Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Chinese Mandarin 緬甸 /缅甸
- 緬甸 /缅甸 (Miǎndiàn)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Czech Barma
- BarmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Danish Burma, Myanmar
- BurmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- MyanmarSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Dutch Birma
- BirmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Esperanto Birmo
- BirmoSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Estonian Birma
- BirmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Finnish Burma
- BurmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
French Birmanie
- BirmanieSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
German Birma
- BirmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Greek Βιρμανία
- Βιρμανία (Virmanía)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Hebrew בורמה
- בורמה (burma)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Hindi बरमा, ब्रह्मदेश
- बरमा (barmā)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- ब्रह्मदेश (brahmadeś)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- म्यानमार (myānmār)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- म्यान्मार (myānmār)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- म्यान्मा (myānmā)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- बर्मा (barmā)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Hungarian Burma
- BurmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Icelandic Búrma
- BúrmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Indonesian Birma
- BirmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Irish Burma
- BurmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Italian Birmania
- BirmaniaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Japanese ビルマ
- ビルマ (Biruma)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Korean 버마
- 버마 (Beoma)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Latvian Birma
- BirmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Lithuanian Birma
- BirmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Māori Pēma
- PēmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Norwegian Burma
- BurmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Persian برمه
- برمه (berme)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Polish Birma
- BirmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Portuguese Birmânia
- BirmâniaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Punjabi ਬਰਮਾ
- ਬਰਮਾ (barmā)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Romanian Birmania
- BirmaniaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Russian Би́рма, Мья́нма
- Би́рма (Bírma)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- Мья́нма (Mʹjánma)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Spanish Birmania
- BirmaniaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Swahili Bama, Myama
- BamaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- MyamaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Swedish Burma
- BurmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Tagalog Birmanya, Burma
- BirmanyaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- BurmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Tamil பர்மா, காழகம்
- பர்மா (parmā)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- காழகம் (kāḻakam)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- கடாரம் (kaṭāram)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- பிரம்மதேசம் (pirammatēcam)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Thai พม่า
- พม่า (pá-mâa)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Turkish Birmanya, Burma
- BirmanyaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- BurmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Ukrainian Бі́рма
- Бі́рма (Bírma)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Urdu برما
- برما (barmā)Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Vietnamese Myanma, Miến Điện
- MyanmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
- Miến ĐiệnSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Welsh Byrma
- ByrmaSoutheast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Burma
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Cite this entry
Burma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Burma
“Burma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Burma. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Burma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Burma.
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