Burma

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Burma

/ˈbɜː.mə/ Australia, UK
/ˈbɝmə/ US
/ˈbʌɾ.mə/ Scotland
/ˈbøː.mə/ New Zealand, Wales
/ˈbeːmə/
/ˈbɛːmə/
/ˈbɜː.mɑː/ India
/ˈbɐɾ.mɑ/ India

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)mə

Where it comes from

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pronounced (and is not present in the Burmese term), the -ur- (alternatively also -ir-, though the spelling Birma is obsolete in English) is a device used by non-rhotic dialects to represent the schwa found in the pronunciation of the Burmese colloquial form.

proper noun Birma · Birmah · Burmah

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar. 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, it

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: myanmar, thailand, yunnan, assam, myanma, burmese, burman, siam, country, shave, ledo, bamar, birma, bama, birmanie, burmah

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name Southeast Asian country (former name) — see also Myanmar

Español	Birmania
한국어	버마 Beoma
日本語	ビルマ Biruma
中文	緬甸 /缅甸 Miǎndiàn
हिन्दी	बरमा barmā, ब्रह्मदेश brahmadeś, म्यानमार myānmār, म्यान्मार myānmār, म्यान्मा myānmā, बर्मा barmā
Kiswahili	Bama, Myama
Português	Birmânia
Français	Birmanie
Deutsch	Birma
Italiano	Birmania
Ελληνικά	Βιρμανία Virmanía
Română	Birmania
Русский	Би́рма Bírma, Мья́нма Mʹjánma
Tiếng Việt	Myanma, Miến Điện
العربية	بُورْمَا burmā
עברית	בורמה burma

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@misc{burma_2026,
  title = {Burma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/burma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}