Bassein

American  

[buh-sayn] / 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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Bassein

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The next day we arrived at Bassein, one of the principal towns in the Burman Empire.

From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat

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 Frederick Marryat

Martaban was taken on the 5th of April 1852, and Rangoon and Bassein shortly afterwards.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

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