Geographicals

Myanmar

A republic of southeast Asia, northwest of Thailand, long familiar as Burma. Its capital is Yangon, formerly Rangoon. Inhabited by people of Mongolian stock and probably of Tibetan origin, by the 3d century A.D. it was settled by Hindus. The modern Burmese state was founded in the 18th century but was in conflict with the British during the 19th century. Made a crown colony of Great Britain in 1937, it was granted independence in 1947. In 1989 it became Myanmar. The name comes from myanma, meaning the strong, as applied to the Burmese people themselves. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p192 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p367)

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A republic of southeast Asia, northwest of Thailand, long familiar as Burma. Its capital is Yangon, formerly Rangoon. Inhabited by people of Mongolian stock and probably of Tibetan origin, by the 3d century A.D. it was settled by Hindus. The modern Burmese state was founded in the 18th century but was in conflict with the British during the 19th century. Made a crown colony of Great Britain in 1937, it was granted independence in 1947. In 1989 it became Myanmar. The name comes from myanma, meaning the strong, as applied to the Burmese people themselves. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p192 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p367)

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  • Burma
  • Myanma

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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capital Rangoon became Yangon when Burma became Myanmar in 1989.

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93; was BURMA 1968-92

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  1. Z01w.252w.145w.570w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Myanmar. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002052. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002052
  2. Myanmar. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar
  3. Myanmar. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q836