Burma

Definition: Burma

Burma

Noun

1. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar".

Date "Burma" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1888. (references)

Synonyms: Burma

Synonyms: Myanmar (n), Union of Burma (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Burma

English words defined with "Burma": black pepper, Burma padauk, Burmese, Burmese rosewood, Burmese-Yi ♦ Charronia flavigula, chin, common pepper ♦ dacoit, dacoity, dakoit, dakoity ♦ Heritiera macrophylla, Hinayana ♦ Irrawaddy, Irrawaddy River ♦ jadeite, Joseph Warren Stilwell ♦ Kachin, Kachinic, Kamarupan, Kuki, Kuki-Chin ♦ Lolo-Burmese, Loloish, longyi, looking glass tree, lungi, lungyi ♦ Madagascar pepper ♦ Naga ♦ Piper nigrum, Pterocarpus macrocarpus ♦ Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language, Stilwell ♦ Uncle Joe, Union of Burma ♦ Vinegar Joe Stilwell ♦ white pepper ♦ yellow-throated marten. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Burma": Asia, Southeastern ♦ hircite ♦ kanase ♦ loodwin. (references)

Etymologies containing "Burma": Burman. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Burma" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Hungarian (Burma), Irish (Burma), Serbo-Croatian (burma, wedding ring), Swedish (Burma), Tagalog (Burma), Turkish (spiral, wring).

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Burma - kako je prijatelji vide (1955)

Lepotica Burma (1955)

Escape to Burma (1955)

Burma Victory (1945)

Burma! Objective (1945)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap in Burma (reference) Executive Report on Strategies in Burma, 2000 edition (reference) A Strategic Profile of Burma,1999 edition (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Fresh and Frozen Dead and Edible Poultry Offals except Liver in Burma (reference) The 2003 Export Competitiveness of Burma (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma (reference) Buddhas of Burma (reference) Letters from Burma (reference) Living Silence: Burma Under the Military Rule (Politics in Contemporary Asia) (reference) Lonely Planet Myanmar, Burma (Myanmar: Burma, 8th Ed) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Burma Debate (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Objective, Burma! (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Franz Waxman: Objective Burma, Film Score (reference) Mahagita: Harp & Vocal Music of Burma (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Burmese women rolling leaf tobacco into cigars, Mopoon, Burma. Credit: Library of Congress.		Bombs over Burma. Credit: Library of Congress.
	The Stilwell Road: monument to allied cooperation and human preseverance--Men of a U.S. field artillery battery fire their 75-mm. howitzer at Japanese emplacements along the Burma Road near Namhkam, one of the key towns along the Stilwell Road. Credit: Library of Congress.		Eric Sevareid with group of men in Burma, 1943. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Top-ranking Anglo-American army officials meet in New Delhi, India. Left to right: Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell; Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, commanding all U.S. Army troops in China, Burma, and India; Lieutenant General H.H. "Hap" Arnold,. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The rest comes from power purchase from neighboring countries, Laos and Burma. (references)
		The army has shifted its focus to the illicit drug trade along Thailand's western border with Burma. (references)
		As the situation along Thailand's eastern frontier (bordering Laos and Cambodia) has improved, the RTA's budget will be diverted to maintaining security along the western frontier, bordering Burma, instead, where certain regions have become major sources of and smuggling routes for methamphetamines. (references)
Children	Thailand	Many are thought to come from neighboring countries, including Cambodia and Burma. (references)
	Burma	Reports from Thailand indicated that the rising incidence of HIV infection there has increased the demand for supposedly "safer" younger prostitutes, many of whom come from Burma. (references)
Civil Liberties	Thailand	Most of those returned to Burma reportedly returned to the camps. (references)
Economic History	Burma	Burma continues to have large trade deficits. (references)
	Burma	Military intelligence is omnipresent in Burma. (references)
	Burma	Burma is ruled by a highly authoritarian military regime. (references)
Human Rights	Burma	The Government also participated in workshops on human rights in Burma that were sponsored by the Australian government. (references)
	Thailand	The Thai military stated that the group of 55 voluntarily returned to Burma to continue their fight against the Burmese army. (references)
Minorities	Burma	An activist group based in Thailand alleged that another 100 persons were killed in a riot in southern Burma, during which members of the USDA clashed with Muslims in Pha-auk village. (references)
Political Economy	Burma	The political relationship between the U.S. and Burma is strained. (references)
	Burma	The U.S. Government has an official policy to neither encourage nor discourage trade with Burma. (references)
	Burma	At last count 26 state and local governments in the U.S. had enacted legislation sanctioning Burma. (references)
Trade	Burma	Labor unions are illegal in Burma. (references)
	Burma	Kyat and FECs cannot be taken out of Burma. (references)
	Burma	No U.S. banks have representative offices in Burma. (references)
Travel	Burma	No kyat may be brought into or taken out of Burma. (references)
	Burma	Mastercard withdrew its operations in Burma in August 1998. (references)
	Burma	Travel to and within Burma is strictly controlled by the Government of Burma. (references)
Worker Rights	Thailand	Boys and girls are trafficked chiefly from Burma and Cambodia primarily for sexual exploitation and to work in begging gangs. (references)
	Japan	Women and girls from Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, Malaysia, Burma, and Indonesia also were trafficked into the country in smaller numbers. (references)
	Thailand	According to domestic NGO's, girls between the ages of 12 and 18 continued to be trafficked from Burma, southern PRC, and Laos to work in the commercial sex industry. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	This common bond binds the grower of rice in Burma and the planter of wheat in Iowa, the shepherd in southern Italy and the mountaineer in the Andes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Burma" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.17% of the time. "Burma" is used about 363 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	99.17%	360	14,962
Noun (singular)	0.83%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	363	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Burma" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Burma	First name Female	1,000	4,175
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "Burma": Burma padauk ♦ union of Burma. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Burma": Burma-siam.
	Ending with "Burma": All-burma.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "Burma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		Birma. (various references)

Albanian		Birmani. (various references)

Bulgarian		Бирма. (various references)

Chinese		缅�"�, 緬 (distant). (various references)

Danish		Burma (The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma), Den socialistiske unionsrepublik Burma (The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma). (various references)

Dutch		Birma (The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma). (various references)

Esperanto		Birmo. (various references)

French		Birmanie (The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma). (various references)

German		Birma (The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma). (various references)

Hungarian		Burma. (various references)

Irish		Burma. (various references)

Italian		Birmania (Myanmar, The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma, Union of Myanmar). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"ラン剤 (bill, bill broker, billboard, billiards, billionaire, blister agent, builder, building, building highjack, building maintenance, built-in). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"ルマ . (various references)

Korean		버마. (various references)

Manx		Yn Vurmey, Burmey. (various references)

Pig Latin		urmabay

Portuguese		Birmânia (Myanmar, Union of Myanmar). (various references)

Russian		Бирма. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		burma (wedding ring). (various references)

Spanish		Birmania (Myanmar, Union of Myanmar). (various references)

Swedish		Burma. (various references)

Tagalog		Burma. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Burma" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bajram, Bakram, Baruma, berma, Bermejo, Berna, Birama, Birmi, Birua, Bluemaq, Blumka, Boram, Borman, Bormio, Boroma, Borrman, Bouma, Bourla, Brua, Brumas, Brunau, Bufman, Bujra, bumah, Burak, Burao, Burca, Burhan, burme, Burmola, Burnu, Buroa, burqa, Burza, Byram, Euram, urma. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: rumba, umbra.
	Words within the letters "a-b-m-r-u"
	-1 letter: arum, barm, bura, mura.
	-2 letters: amu, arb, arm, bam, bar, bra, bum, bur, mar, ram, rub, rum, urb.
	-3 letters: ab, am, ar, ba, ma, mu, um.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-m-r-u"
	+1 letter: barium, brumal, labrum, lumbar, rhumba, rumbas, sambur, tambur, umbrae, umbral, umbras.
	+2 letters: bariums, buckram, hamburg, labarum, labrums, lumbars, marabou, rhumbas, rumbaed, sambhur, samburs, tambour, tambura, tamburs, umbrage.
	+3 letters: adumbral, aerobium, alburnum, ambusher, bermudas, biramous, brachium, brougham, buckrams, drumbeat, hamburgs, labarums, laburnum, manubria, marabous, marabout, penumbra, rambutan, rhumbaed, rumbaing, sambhurs, simaruba, subframe, tamboura, tambours, tamburas, umbellar, umbrages, umbrella, urbanism.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 75 72 6D 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-... ..- .-. -- .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01110101 01110010 01101101 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#117 &#114 &#109 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0075 0072 006D 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3687847967

Non-English Dictionaries with "Burma"

Language	Coverage	Language Translations
Afrikaan	woordeboek, definisie, vertaling
Albanian	fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim	Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿�"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , Albanees, Albanais, albaner, albán, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알�"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban
Bulgarian	речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод	Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保� 利亚, bulgarer, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar
Chinese	字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译	Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk
Danish	ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse	Deens, danisht, danishte, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, dán, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk
Dutch	woordenboek, definitie, translatie	Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란�"�, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk
Esperanto		есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, esperanto
French	dictionnaire, définition, traduction	Frans, Franse taal, frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス�" , 仏 , ふつぶ�", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , �"�랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska
German	wörterbuch, Übersetzung	Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, német, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk
Hungarian	szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás	Hongaar, Hongaars, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare
Irish		Iers, irlandez, ирландска стока, сприхавост, келтски език, ирландски език, ирландски, ирландец, 爱�"兰, irlandais, irisch, ír, gaelach, irlandese, Yernagh, Erinagh, irlandês, irisação, ирландский, irski jezik, irski, irci, irlandés, irländsk
Italian	dizionario, definizione, traduzione	Italiaans, Italiaan, Italianer, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, olasz, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare
Japanese Kanji	辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ�'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳	japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう�", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ�", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Hapón, Hapon, Japanner, Japannees, Japans
Japanese Katakana	じい, じびき, じて�", ディクショナリー , じり�", じしょ, �'�"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい�"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, �"うどく, ほ�"やく, ほ�"やくしょ	japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう�", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ�", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Hapón, Hapon, Japanner, Japannees, Japans
Korean	사� �, � �의, 번역	korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, �"國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk
Manx	fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght	gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man
Portuguese	dicionário, definição, tradução	Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル�", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis
Russian	словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение	Russies, Rus, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, Russe, russisch, orosz, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア�", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss
Serbo-Croatian	leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje	塞�"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk
Spanish	diccionario, definición, traducción	Spaanse taal, spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン�", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk
Swedish	ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning	Sweeds, suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン�", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk
Tagalog		tagalog
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	Engels, anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglan, anglais, englisch, angol, Béarla, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
burma	882	burma art	10
burma hotel	269	burma today	9
burma shave	103	burma lyrics mission	9
burma and map	52	burma minister prime	9
burma news	47	burma daily	9
burma history	33	burma picture	9
mission of burma	32	burma voice	8
burma democratic voice	30	burma scuba diving	8
burma myanmar	26	rangoon burma	7
burma shave sign	26	burma capital	7
burma free	20	burma coalition free	7
burma cosabella	19	burma nestor	6
burma road	16	burma shave slogan	6
burma project	16	burma flag	6
burma bibas	14	burma liveaboard diving	6
objective burma	14	burma hill tribe	5
burma ruby	13	burma latest news	5
burma china india	12	burma teak	5
burma free radio	12	holiday in burma	5
travel to burma	12	burma net	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Burma

Definition: Burma

Burma

Noun

Synonyms: Burma

Crosswords: Burma

Modern Usage: Burma

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Burma

42 75 72 6D 61

-... ..- .-. -- .-

01000010 01110101 01110010 01101101 01100001

&#66 &#117 &#114 &#109 &#97

0042 0075 0072 006D 0061

3687847967

Non-English Dictionaries with "Burma"

Photos:
Burma

Illustrations:
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