Bassein

American  

[buh-seyn] / bəˈseɪn /

noun

1. a city in southwestern Myanmar (Burma), near the mouth of the Irrawaddy River.

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Bassein British  

/ bɑːˈseɪn /

noun

1. a city in Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy delta: a port on the Bassein River (the westernmost distributary of the Irrawaddy). Pop: 231 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

One force crossed the vein-like little streams that slice up lower Burma and reached Bassein, just over the coastal hills from the Bay of Bengal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three other universities at Bassein, Moulmein and Mandalay were padlocked by the government.

From Time Magazine Archive

But they had heard of the destruction and capture of Bassein, and consequently directed their flight up the river towards the capital.

From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick

In the case of the Tansa aqueduct to Bombay, there is a curve of 500 ft. radius near Bassein Creek.

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

He fled to Bassein near Bombay, where, on December 31, 1802, a treaty was signed by which not only the Peshwá but the Nizám of Haidarábád was placed under British protection.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)