Martaban

American  

[mahr-tuh-bahn] / ˌmɑr təˈbɑn /

noun

1. Gulf of Martaban, an inlet of the Bay of Bengal, in Myanmar (Burma).

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Martaban British  

/ ˌmɑːtɑːˈbɑːn /

noun

1. an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar

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Example Sentences

The invaders drove from Siam into extreme Lower Burma, and then around the Gulf of Martaban to ruined, abandoned Rangoon.

From Time Magazine Archive

British East Indies Fleet units, standing in to the Gulf of Martaban, shelled the flatlands south of Rangoon.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Martaban, choked with decades of the Salween's silt, has little or no strategic value as a port for water-borne assault against Rangoon, across the Martaban Gulf.

From Time Magazine Archive

They struck directly at Moulmein, about 170 miles east of Rangoon by the railroad around the Gulf of Martaban.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Tavay to Cincapura is 220 leagues, the chief towns on this part of the coast being Martaban, Lugor, Tanacerim, Lungar, Pedam, Queda, Salongor, and Malacca the capital of the kingdom of that name.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert