Yangon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ရန်ကုန် (rankun), pronounced /jàɴɡòʊɴ/ in standard Burmese.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /jɑŋˈɡɑn/, /jɑŋˈɡoʊn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jæŋˈɡɒn/, /jæŋˈɡəʊn/
• Rhymes: (General American) -ɑn, (General American) -oʊn, (Received Pronunciation) -ɒn, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊn

Proper noun

Yangon

1. The largest city and former capital of Myanmar (Burma).

   Synonyms: (19–21st c.) Rangoon, (16–18th c.) Dagon, (rare) Dagoon

Translations

largest city in Myanmar

• Amharic: ራንጉን (rangun)
• Arabic: يَانْغُون m (yānḡūn), يَانْجُون m (yānjūn)
• Armenian: Ռանգուն (Ṙangun)
• Belarusian: Рангу́н m (Ranhún), Янго́н m (Janhón)
• Bengali: রেঙ্গুন (reṅgun)
• Bulgarian: Янго́н m (Jangón)
• Burmese: ရန်ကုန် (my) (rankun), ရန်ကုန် (my) (rankun)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仰光 (joeng⁵ gwong¹)

  Mandarin: 仰光 (zh) (Yǎngguāng)

• Czech: Rangún m
• Danish: Rangoon
• Esperanto: Jangono, Ranguno
• Finnish: Rangoon, Yangon
• French: Rangoun (fr) m, Rangoon (fr) m
• Georgian: რანგუნი (ranguni)
• German: Rangun (de) n, Yangon (de)
• Greek: Ρανγκούν f (Rangkoún), Ραγγούν f (Rangoún)
• Hebrew: יאנגון (yangon)
• Hindi: यांगून (yāṅgūn), रंगून (raṅgūn), यंगून (yaṅgūn)
• Hungarian: Rangun (hu)
• Irish: Rangún m
• Japanese: ヤンゴン (ja) (Yangon), ラングーン (ranguun)
• Khmer: ក្រុងយ៉ានកុង (krongyaankong), រង្គុន (rŭəngkun), រ៉ង់ហ្គូន (rɑngguun), យ៉ានកុង (yaankong)
• Korean: 양곤 (Yanggon)
• Lao: ຢ່າງກຸ້ງ (yāng kung)
• Latin: Yangon
• Latvian: Jangona f
• Lithuanian: Rangūnas m
• Lü: ᦶᦊᧃᧈᦂᦳᧃᧈ (ẏaen¹k̇un¹)
• Macedonian: Јангон m (Jangon)
• Malayalam: രങ്കൂണ (raṅkūṇa)
• Mon: လ္ဂုၚ်, ဍုၚ်လ္ဂုၚ်
• Pashto: رنګون (rangūn)
• Persian: یانگون (yângon)
• Polish: Rangun (pl) m
• Portuguese: Yangon f, Rangum f
• Punjabi: رنګون (rangūn)
• Russian: Янго́н (ru) m (Jangón), Рангу́н (ru) m (Rangún)
• S'gaw Karen: ဝ့ၢ်တကူၣ် (way̱ ta koò)
• Shan: ယၼ်ႇၵုင်ႇ (yàn kùng)
• Slovak: Rangún m
• Slovene: Rangun m
• Spanish: Rangún (es) m
• Tagalog: Rangyún, Ranggún
• Tamil: ரெங்கூன் (reṅkūṉ), ரங்கூன் (raṅkūṉ)
• Thai: ย่างกุ้ง (th) (yâang-gûng)
• Ukrainian: Рангу́н (Ranhún), Янго́н m (Janhón)
• Urdu: ینگون (yāngūn)
• Vietnamese: Răng Gun, I-an-gun, Ngưỡng Quang

Anagrams

• Yong'an, nongay

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yangon f

1. Yangon (a city in Myanmar)

   Synonym: Rangum