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Martaban

American  
[mahr-tuh-bahn] / ˌmɑr təˈbɑn /

noun

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


Martaban British  
/ ˌmɑːtɑːˈbɑːn /

noun

  1. an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar

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They all run southward, through Upper Burma to the rice fields of the south, and then into the Gulf of Martaban and the Bay of Bengal.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

True, Martaban had fallen and Japanese troops had made a second crossing of the treacherous Salween River.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blyth says he obtained a living specimen in Upper Martaban, and recognised it as the same as what had been obtained in Siam.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

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