Arakan Yoma

American  

[ahr-uh-kahn yoh-muh, ar-uh-kan] / ˌɑr əˈkɑn ˈyoʊ mə, ˌær əˈkæn /

noun

1. a mountain range on the western border of Myanmar (Burma). Highest peak, Saramati, 12,633 feet (3,851 meters).

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Arakan Yoma British  

/ ˌɑːrɑːˈkɑːn ˈjəʊmɑː /

noun

1. a mountain range in Myanmar, between the Irrawaddy River and the W coast: forms a barrier between Myanmar and India; teak forests

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Example Sentences

The Arakanese are of Burmese origin, but separated from the parent stock by the Arakan Yoma mountains, and they have a dialect and customs of their own.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

The range as a whole is joined at its eastern extremity by the Patkai to the Himalayan system, and by the mountains of Manipur to the Arakan Yoma.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

All these are connected by a 200-fathom line with the Arakan Yoma Peninsula.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden

The Andamans are of Tertiary formation, and of similar geological structure to the Arakan Yoma Range, the line of elevation connecting them with which is represented by the Alguada Reef and Preparis Island.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden